Mark Gearan was named the 30th president of Hobart and the 19th president of William Smith colleges in July.

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Dramatic demographic shifts, along with changes to how and where students want to learn, are leading to a substantial transformation of recruitment and instruction strategies at higher education institutions.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded three partner organizations nearly $450,000 to fund a program that will help rural youth strengthen their communities’ readiness for climate-related challenges. The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, the Finger Lakes Institute at ...

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Normally, April would be the month when high school seniors are making last-minute visits to Rochester-area colleges, trying to decide which school that accepted them they will attend in the fall. Juniors might use their April break to start their ...

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A college administrator and comparative literature scholar from Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., will become the next provost and dean of faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The colleges announced the appointment of Mary L. Coffey earlier this week. ...

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Joyce P. Jacobsen was officially installed as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges on Friday, with an outdoor inauguration ceremony. Jacobsen is the first woman to head either of the two colleges that merged in 1906 to become the ...

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Just in time for back-to-college, a new book says higher education has a dirty little secret: dropout rates. David Kirp, author of “The College Dropout Scandal,” says it’s shameful that 40 percent of college students seeking a bachelor’s degree never ...

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On July 1, three women will create history in the Rochester area as each one officially becomes the first woman to preside over her respective college or university.

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Joyce P. Jacobsen steps into the presidency at Hobart and William Smith Colleges at a difficult time. Not just a difficult time for HWS, which lost a president last year after a plagiarism scandal, but a difficult time for liberal ...

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Four local and regional institutions are on lists for producing the most Fulbright students—students who win a Fulbright scholarship to study abroad—in 2017-18. The four are the State University College at Geneseo, Nazareth College, University of Rochester and Hobart and ...

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