Two presidents assert that higher education will have to address spiraling costs and that some college-particularly regional liberal arts colleges-will have trouble surviving if they don't.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Higher education is going under the microscope to prove its value. Add to that a growing chorus of pundits who believe that a liberal arts education is a waste of ... Read moretime and a relic of the past. But two college presidents argue in [Remaking College] that a liberal arts education is, in fact, crucial to not just boosting the economy but to solving many of the world's problems.
University Business
This spirited collection of essays offers lessons in what the rhetorician Richard Lanham once called `the oldest class in American education, the Seminar on the Future of the Liberal Arts.' Across varying discussions, these leaders argue that `flexibility' will continue to characterize the agility and adaptability that the liberal arts college produces in its graduates and reflects in its own longevity.
The Key Reporter
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