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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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
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