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Liberal arts colleges represent a tiny portion of the higher education market, yet produce a stunning percentage of America's leaders. But the demand for career-related education has pressured them to become vocational, distorting their mission and core values. Liberal Arts at the Brink is a wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferrall, Victor E., 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Education, Humanistic > United States.
Small colleges > United States.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis.
Petites universités > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Aims & Objectives.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Education, Humanistic
Intellectual life
Small colleges
United States > Intellectual life.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Liberal arts colleges and why we should care about them
  • The economic health of liberal arts colleges
  • The declining demand for liberal arts education
  • Competing
  • Cooperating
  • Recruiting
  • Liberal arts teachers: a profile
  • Employing and deploying faculty for teaching excellence
  • Tenure
  • Curriculums
  • At the brink.

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