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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. Upon completion of her Ph.D.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

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In fact, the graduation rate for STEM majors in liberal arts colleges tends to be quite high–because faculty work hard to ensure that students interested in the sciences actually make it through these difficult majors. Nevermind that the drop-out rate from STEM majors is very high, especially at large universities. Former U.S.

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

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How far should resources be devolved to academic areas (faculties, departments or schools) while maintaining an appropriate balance between encouraging academic autonomy and initiative and central accountability? One might also include the constitutional powers of the vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellors, deans and heads of departments.