New Programs: Health Sciences, Genetic Counseling, Behavioral Neuroscience, Fashion Design, Middle East Studies, Engineering Entrepreneurship, Risk Management, Leadership, Psychology

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February 14, 2017

Assumption College is starting an undergraduate major in health sciences.
Bay Path University is starting a master of science in genetic counseling.
Cornell College is starting a concentration in behavioral neuroscience.
Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University of New York is starting an M.F.A. in fashion design.
Lewis & Clark College is starting an undergraduate minor in Middle East/North Africa studies.
Southern Methodist University is starting a master’s degree in engineering entrepreneurship.
University of Akron is starting a bachelor’s degree in risk management and insurance.
University of Dallas is starting a master of leadership program.
University of Washington is starting a master's program in applied child and adolescent psychology.

Scott Jaschik

Scott Jaschik, Editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington.