Turbulent times: four issues facing liberal arts colleges.

From: Change | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Liberal arts colleges occupy a unique place in the landscape of higher education. Whether defined, as David Breneman has, as an exclusive group of about 200 schools that award a large percentage of their degrees in traditional liberal arts fields, or as a more inclusive group of baccalaureate institutions, liberal arts colleges focus on undergraduate education and offer a highly personalized approach to teaching and learning.

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