Posts Tagged: Carol Geary Schneider

New Directions for Higher Education: Q&A with AAC&U President Carol Geary Schneider on Liberal Education

In April, NEJHE launched its New Directions for Higher Education series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices. The first installment of the series featured Philip DiSalvio, dean of the College of Advancing & Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, interviewing Carnegie Foundation President ...

UMass Amherst Formalizes Three-Year Degree Program

The University of Massachusetts Amherst will offer formal, three-year bachelors degree programs in selected academic disciplines. Beginning next fall, first-year students seeking majors in Economics, Music and Sociology can elect to travel a shortened route to their diplomas; other programs (e.g. Linguistics, Dance and Spanish) could be added to this pilot program in the future.UMass Amherst empha...

National College Group Prez Urges Valuing Quality Over Costs

The number of students considering a three-year college degree continues to rise, along with tuition prices and a rush by some students and families to get into the money-making world.But just as colleges and universities feel  pressure to reduce the time it takes to earn a degree, Carol Geary Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, suggests the trend ...