Distinctively American: the liberal arts college.(Distinctively American:...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......independent residential liberal arts colleges. However, their impact is...acknowledged problems, have liberal arts colleges lost their relevance and...their traditional mission as liberal arts colleges, face extinction? If so...

HOW LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES PERPETUATE CLASS BIAS

Academe;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Some observers of private liberal arts colleges have suggested that they...got bachelor's degrees at liberal arts colleges understand and appreciate...possible inbreeding bias among liberal arts colleges. Two disclaimers: first...

Economic Research at National Liberal Arts Colleges: School...

The Journal of Economic Education;  September 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Traditionally, faculty at liberal arts colleges have seen themselves primarily...changing ethos at select liberal arts colleges, with scholarly activity...that the faculty of select liberal arts colleges are increasingly seeing...

Science at liberal arts colleges: a better education?(Distinctively...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of the small, selective liberal arts colleges. My pulse quickens when...preparation afforded by liberal arts colleges. I did so knowing that those...of science education at liberal arts colleges have independently come...

How the liberal arts college affects students.(Distinctively American: The...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......question is that residential liberal arts colleges in general, and highly selective...Moreover, the selective liberal arts colleges, more than any other type...arts college. VARIETIES OF LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES There are nearly one thousand...

Teachers, and Scholars Too: Economic Scholarship at Elite Liberal Arts...

The Journal of Economic Education;  September 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......their primary mission, many liberal arts colleges now demand a combination...economics faculty at 40 liberal arts colleges considered to be among the...undergraduate, teaching-oriented liberal arts colleges are making significant contributions...

Reassessing research: liberal arts colleges and the social sciences.

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Observers of the liberal arts colleges have for some time noted their...percentage of undergraduates in liberal arts colleges who are involved in original...That is not the case in the liberal arts colleges, where the sole focus of attention...

Economic scholarship at elite liberal arts colleges: a citation analysis...

The Journal of Economic Education;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......at the nation's leading liberal arts colleges make significant contributions...economists employed at the 50 top liberal arts colleges and ranks departments and...influential economists employed at liberal arts colleges. The determinants of citations...

At Top Ten Liberal Arts Colleges Liberal Arts is Dying, Concludes Special...

PR Newswire;  October 27, 2003 ;     433 words ......their children to the top 10 liberal arts colleges in the country will be surprised...Arts?' IWF took the top ten liberal arts colleges as ranked by the influential...ranking of these top ten liberal arts colleges, urges parents and prospective...

The future economic challenges for the liberal arts...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......twenty-five years, America's liberal arts colleges have endured a steady shrinkage...on the market for private liberal arts colleges. Schools that once subsisted...plausible measure be called liberal arts colleges dropped sharply (although...

"Liberal arts" colleges and the myth of uniqueness.

Journal of Higher Education;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......least two problems face most liberal arts colleges in the 1990s. First, although...disproportionate number of liberal arts colleges are located in areas projected...years have compelled many liberal arts colleges to abandon or sharply scale...

What Are Liberal Arts Colleges?(Brief article)

U.S. News & World Report;  August 27, 2007 ;     40 words ...What Are Liberal Arts Colleges? The nation's 266 liberal arts colleges emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half their degrees in the arts and sciences. Most are private institutions, but 27 are public; the top five publics are listed below.

Book Claims Liberal Arts Colleges Are The Real Treasures of American...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  February 28, 2003 ;     639 words ......in the network of small liberal arts colleges, which he believes, constitute...cry on behalf of America's liberal arts colleges. In a series of illustrative...dangers on the horizon. Liberal arts colleges are utopia, says Seery who...

The threats to liberal arts colleges.(Distinctively American: The...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......prestigious or selective liberal arts colleges. But the trends showing...even existence of those liberal arts colleges. Among the growing trends...nation's more selective liberal arts colleges, but the issues behind them...

Foreword.(Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     582 words ......of the first residential liberal arts colleges of Harvard in 1636 and William...most of the residential liberal arts colleges chose to remain small and...country. The residential liberal arts colleges became an increasingly smaller...