Despite Success of Some Programs, 3-Year Degrees Draw Skepticism at Meeting
At the Council of Independent Colleges' annual meeting of chief academic officers, which concluded here on Tuesday, there was abundant hallway chatter about three-year bachelor's degrees—a concept that has been on many people's minds this month. The 450 provosts who met here are generally skeptical. "There's a huge amount of interest now in these three-year programs,"...
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