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NEWS BRIEFS: University of Vermont Will Phase Out Programs in Arts & Letters College

Twelve of the College’s 56 programs will be discontinued. Low enrollment is the reason. “None of UVM’s faculty, students, or …
by Future U/ December 6, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: When a Liberal Arts College Drops the Liberal Arts

Case in point: Adrian College (MI). Read details at MLive.
by Future U/ August 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: CEO on “Misguided Efforts to Turn Campuses Into Professional Boot Camps”

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is president and CEO of TIAA. His commentary on the importance of the liberal arts was …
by Future U/ May 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: A Jesuit University Without A Palette of Liberal Arts Majors

It’s at Wheeling Jesuit University. To make financial ends meet, the university announced that it will cut all but eight programs. …
by Future U/ March 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When It Comes To The Core Curriculum, Ursinus Has The Right Approach

At UC, the core curriculum is organized around four essential questions: What should matter to me? How should we live …
by Future U/ October 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: AAUP Statement & Petition–‘Protect The Liberal Arts’

Issued jointly with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Read and sign.        
by Future U/ May 31, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: When A President Designs “The New Liberal Arts”

Is it new? Is it the liberal arts? What are the implications? Questions abound about curricular makeover led by President …
by Future U/ May 2, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: At U. Chicago, Business Has No Business As Undergrad Major

“Eero Arum: the university has always ‘distinguished itself from other institutions of higher learning by insisting that education is not …
by Future U/ April 11, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Those Women’s Studies Graduates Can’t Get Jobs. Right? (Wrong!)

Pesky data get in the way of beliefs. Read more from The Washington Post.
by Future U/ April 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: I Owe My Career To The Liberal Arts

Stacey Henson is thankful for her liberal arts education. Read more here.
by Future U/ April 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: When Parents Say To Their Kids: “Don’t Major In History!”

Thoughtful article by Stephen Pearlstein from The Washington Post. Read it here.
by Future U/ September 3, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Why A Liberal Arts Education Is Useful

In the never-ending saga of displacing a liberal arts education with “something practical,” a liberal arts ed is the thing you don’t want to …
by Future U/ June 30, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: What Does It Mean To Be An Educated Person?

Recent study reexamines an age-old question. Read more below.
by Future U/ March 19, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Fiscal Viability Haunts America’s Liberal Arts Colleges

One answer: turn to the business world for executive leadership. That strategy didn’t work at Mount St. Mary’s University.
by Future U/ March 14, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/

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