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Liberal Arts at the Brink by Victor E. Ferrall, Jr. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 devoted to teaching and mentoring, in a community dedicated to learning—has been a uniquely American higher education ideal. __Liberal Arts at the Brink__ is a wake-up call for everyone who values liberal arts education. A former college president trained in law and economics, Ferrall shows how a spiraling demand for career-related education has pressured liberal arts colleges to become vocational, distorting their mission and core values. The relentless competition among them to attract the “best” students has driven down tuition revenues while driving up operating expenses to levels the colleges cannot cover. The weakest are being forced to sell out to vocational for-profit universities or close their doors. The handful of wealthy elite colleges risk becoming mere dispensers of employment and professional school credentials. The rest face the prospect of moving away from liberal arts and toward

Who reads Liberal Arts at the Brink?

Author

Victor E. Ferrall, Jr.

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674060883

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Social Science