Experiencing diversity: what can we learn from liberal arts colleges?(FEATURED TOPIC)

From: Liberal Education | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Kuh, George D.; Umbach, Paul D. | Copyright information

IN MANY WAYS, liberal arts colleges seem uniquely well suited to provide high quality undergraduate experiences. Their relatively small size ostensibly promotes student-faculty interaction and meaningful relations with peers. Many have salient missions--some because of denominational roots, others because of curricular arrangements--that are thought to leave distinctive imprints on their students' attitudes and values (Clark 1970; Kuh et al. 1991; Townsend, Newell, and Wiese 1992)....

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