November 8, 2009

Renewed Debate Over the 3-Year B.A.

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Sen. Lamar Alexander’s recent Newsweek article helped spark the latest round of controversy around the idea of a three-year bachelor’s degree.

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Sen. Lamar Alexander’s recent Newsweek article helped spark the latest round of controversy around the idea of a three-year bachelor’s degree.

Compiled by Evan R. Goldstein

Facing a severe economic downturn, some universities and education-policy thinkers are breathing new life into an old idea: the three-year bachelor's degree. The latest proponent is Sen. Lamar Alexander—a Republican from Tennessee and a former University of Tennessee president and U.S. education secretary—whose essay "The Three-Year Solution" appeared on the cover of the October 17 issue of Newsweek. "Expanding the three-year option or year-round schedules may be

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