Liberal Arts at the Brink /

Liberal Arts at the Brink / / Victor E. Ferrall, Jr.

Liberal arts colleges represent a tiny portion of the higher education market-no more than 2 percent of enrollees. Yet they produce a stunningly large percentage of America's leaders in virtually every field of endeavor. The educational experience they offer-small classes led by professors devo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011
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Ferrall, Jr. , Victor E. ,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 23 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. Liberal Arts Colleges and Why We Should Care about Them
  • CHAPTER 2. The Economic Health of Liberal Arts Colleges
  • CHAPTER 3. The Declining Demand for Liberal Arts Education
  • CHAPTER 4. Competing
  • CHAPTER 5. Cooperating
  • CHAPTER 6. Recruiting Students
  • CHAPTER 7. Liberal Arts Teachers: A Profile
  • CHAPTER 8. Employing and Deploying Faculty for Teaching Excellence
  • CHAPTER 9. Tenure
  • CHAPTER 10. Curriculums
  • CHAPTER 11. At the Brink
  • Epilogue: A Fable
  • Appendix: Data on the 225 Colleges
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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