April 16, 2009
Number of Colleges That Fit the 'Liberal Arts' Mold Is Falling, Study Finds
San Diego
Back in 1990, David W. Breneman, an education economist then at the Brookings Institution, stirred debate in higher education by publishing an article titled “Are We Losing Our Liberal Arts Colleges?”
A paper being presented here today at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association looks back at his study and answers his question with an emphatic yes.
Of the 212 institutions that Mr. Breneman classified as liberal-arts colleges,
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