Outlook For Liberal Arts Colleges Is Bleak
As career-focused education programs become increasingly popular, traditional liberal arts colleges are finding it more and more difficult to remain competitive - or even survive. In fact, liberal arts colleges account for just 0.8 percent of total higher education enrollment in the U.S., according to the 2005 Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. If liberal arts colleges are a dying breed, not everyone is in mourning. Career-based education is simply more practical, some experts believe. Read more at:
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Posted by: David | June 19, 2008 at 04:27 PM
Not surprised at this outcome. Liberal arts courses can be taken as part of a career based choice for a major. Liberal arts college have failed to make themselves relevant to most students. Hence the old joke about liberal arts graduates: Do you want fries with that?
Posted by: Bill Drew | June 19, 2008 at 12:58 PM