NAICU - The Case of the Disappearing Liberal Arts College

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The Case of the Disappearing Liberal Arts College

Inside Higher Ed - Opinion Piece

July 9, 2009

Fundamentally, the future of the liberal arts college is uncertain. The traditional residential liberal arts college offering a coherent educational program based firmly in arts and science fields and offering a shared intellectual experience to all of its students may be dying out. Or the liberal arts college may gradually be evolving into a new, more up-to-date form.

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