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Could the Wrong Assessment Kill the Liberal Arts?

Inside Higher Ed

July 21, 2008

Unlikely critics gathered Friday to offer strong criticisms of the Education Department's push for assessment-using standardized instruments. Among the critics were Diane Auer Jones, president of the Washington Campus, who recently stepped down from her position as secretary for the Department's Office of Postsecondary Education. She and others told Congressional staff and university administrators that the liberal arts, as taught by colleges and universities around the country, are endangered by these proposed federal assessment efforts.

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