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A Liberal Arts Education

WNPR, Hartford, Conn.

January 17, 2012

It used to be that a new college graduate could walk off the campus and into a job, but that's not happening right now and, new graduates are finding it increasingly difficult to find work against the background of mounting debt. As a result, many top administrators are taking a hard look at the liberal arts model to see if it still fits the job market of tomorrow. College presidents from the Annapolis Group - a consortium of liberal arts colleges - and faculty from Trinity College and George Mason University join us to discuss the value of the liberal arts in education.

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