State initiative values cost over passion
As the University of Miami continues to celebrate the Year of the Humanities and the Arts, Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s higher education campaign to encourage students to major in science-related fields is currently underway. Gov. Scott has proposed to freeze tuition rates for majors in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This decision,...
UM to extend emphasis on humanities
The humanities department at UM will further spread its wings in the year-long event, “Taking Flight: The Year of the Humanities and the Arts at the University of Miami.” A member of the congressionally-appointed American Academy Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, UM President Donna E. Shalala announced that the 2012-2013 academic year be...
Search committee for Arts & Sciences dean announced
Today, Provost Thomas LeBlanc sent an email to the College of Arts and Sciences faculty announcing the search committee for the new dean of the school. “We have asked that the committee identify a small set of suitable candidates for the position no later than January 1, 2010 with the expectation that the new dean...
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