Sentences with phrase «liberal arts colleges»

The College is ranked as one of the top 10 regional four - year, private liberal arts colleges in the North.

Many Christian liberal arts colleges and universities offer counseling and psychology degrees, and many theological seminaries offer graduate degrees in counseling as well.

Whitman College, one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation.

The College is ranked as one of the top 10 regional four - year, private liberal arts colleges in the North.

We're targeting this campaign at every college and university in the United States, from flagship state research institutions to liberal arts colleges.

It's also home to Lawrence University, one of the nation's finest private liberal arts colleges and second oldest co-educational college in America.

Unity College and Hampshire College, both small New England liberal arts colleges, have been the first in the country to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

From big schools like the University of Michigan to small liberal arts colleges like Amherst, the idea of divestment is spreading like wildfire.

For liberal arts colleges that have small endowments, lack research collaborations with industry and brand themselves in terms of environmental values, divesting may be the right choice.

Bharucha is ultimately betrayed by his inability to envision beyond the narrow scope of his personal experiences at New England's upper echelon liberal arts colleges.

Those interests brought me to apply to 12 schools come senior year — mostly small liberal arts colleges that were largely unaffordable for me without the help of substantial merit scholarships.

With an enrollment of more than 8,000 students, York serves as one of CUNY's leading liberal arts colleges, granting bachelor's degrees in over 40 fields and a growing number of professional programs granting master's degrees.

Sarah Lawrence College, one of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States, is located nearby, making this hotel the perfect choice for students who are considering applying to the university.

The College is ranked as one of the top 10 regional four - year, private liberal arts colleges in the North.

Minnesota's capital city is home to an eclectic mix of 13 colleges and universities including a law school, a college of music, several liberal arts colleges, two community colleges and the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota.

Among the test - optional schools are Middlebury College and Bowdoin College, both of which were ranked in U.S. News & World Report's top 10 liberal arts colleges in America.

Some will continue to be liberal arts colleges, others will be comprehensive universities, others will prepare for careers.

The cloud offers valuable benefits for small liberal arts colleges and large enterprise learning organizations alike.

Arriving from 35 different states and 10 foreign countries, they represented an array of higher education institutions, from large research universities to small liberal arts colleges.

(As far as Im concerned, the Ramen noodle people should offer scholarships at every major university, and even at some of the smaller liberal arts colleges.)

«This report highlights several institutions — in this case, five liberal arts colleges and one private university — who seem to be doing the tenure track right,» says Kiernan Mathews, director and principal investigator of COACHE.

Once long ago I noticed the great disparity between what theology and religion students were expected to know to write their theses — Latin, Greek, Hebrew, a few modern languages — and where they ended up: teaching religion, not a very high - prestige subject, for modest rewards, in minor liberal arts colleges.

[xvi] And don't forget that research universities — and liberal arts colleges with significant research expectations for their faculty — are a modest part of all of U.S. higher education.

As the former assistant vice president for resources / director of the Leadership Gift Program and most recently the acting vice president for resources at Wellesley College, Miles» distinguished career in development includes playing a key role in designing and executing a highly successful campaign that raised $ 472.3 million - a record for liberal arts colleges.

Halley et al. (1991)[8] showed that GRE performance correlates with whether the undergraduate institution has a graduate program, implicitly penalizing students from many liberal arts colleges.

On the other hand, students at historically black liberal arts colleges often work at research universities during the summer, Hammonds says, so she isn't sure how large an effect small colleges have.

Many black science students come from historically black liberal arts colleges, such as Spelman College and Morehouse College.

Most liberal arts colleges have generous sabbatical programs.

Liberal arts colleges generally don't provide the intellectual stimulation that research universities — with their steady stream of seminar speakers, graduate students, and postdocs — generally do.

Liberal arts colleges really do care about teaching, and I had good evaluations from my students at Bucknell.»

Even as a qualification for faculty jobs at some liberal arts colleges, a postdoc might be a better choice than a VAP, because many such colleges expect you to establish a productive research program.

Like most liberal arts colleges, Wellesley doesn't have a graduate program, and Melissa was worried about her «weird» postdoc status suspended somewhere between undergraduate and faculty.

And what about institutions, like liberal arts colleges, where there may only be a handful of postdocs?

In fact, high - quality research is being done at small liberal arts colleges, and the importance of undergraduate research experiences in preparing future scientists is widely recognized.

Charles Greer, director of the neuroscience graduate program at Yale University, urged neuroscientists interested in academic work to widen their sights to include smaller universities and liberal arts colleges.

Elite schools, both liberal arts colleges and research universities, do a better job overall of retaining undergraduates in the sciences: At these institutions 54 % of women but only 39 percent of men drop out of science before attaining a degree.

However, the changing landscape of higher education has prompted a number of liberal arts colleges to adopt professional and vocational programs.

«Professional majors strengthen mission of liberal arts colleges.»

In fact, students at liberal arts colleges realized virtually the same educational gains, no matter their major, according to the UI report released earlier this month.

The authors acknowledge some liberal arts colleges have «expanded their programs and changed their names to enter into new prestige markets in order to compete against other comprehensive universities instead of against elite liberal arts colleges.»

The report notes: «Liberal arts colleges have traditionally worked to cultivate good citizens through a heavy focus on teaching in the liberal arts.

He gained both research and teaching experience, won strong letters in both areas, and went on to a tenure - track appointment at one of the nation's best liberal arts colleges.

Some staunch supporters of liberal arts colleges worry adding such programs will dilute the schools» mission.

Faced with declining enrollment and rising costs, some small liberal arts colleges have added professional and vocational majors, a decision University of Iowa researchers say has strengthened rather than undermined the mission of the schools.

But faculty members at liberal arts colleges face a constant challenge to find the elusive sweet spot that combines innovative and successful teaching with modest but productive research.

Scientists at liberal arts colleges feel pulled in many directions.

These parents went to one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country, not the typical person who is moved by reality tv techniques.

In my concluding proposal, I have criticized current higher education, including liberal arts colleges, and expressed my hope that they can direct some of their vast resources to helping humanity find its way through its most difficult problems.

Establishing free universities, liberal arts colleges, and summer schools is still possible in America.

Liberal arts colleges persisted after World War II, but except for the most conservative ones, their Christian identity faded.