REPORT: The Decline of Three Liberal Arts Institutions
For the past twenty-five years, the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal has become an increasingly well-respected voice for higher education policy reform and excellence in higher education. The Center’s initial focus was on North Carolina public higher education, but the focus has gradually broadened to national higher education – both public and private.
In its recently published study, “From Purpose to Politics: the Decline of Three Liberal Arts Institutions,” the Center shines a much-needed light on “the dramatic shift that schools like Davidson College, Washington & Lee University, and Williams College have undergone. This report aims to draw back the curtain and ask whether the values and knowledge taught at these schools are the ones that donors, alumni, and parents wish to support. And whether these are the values and knowledge that students need.”
This study provides a useful comparison of three premier private liberal arts colleges and raises serious questions which are important to the entire W&L community. The link to the study is below:
Sincerely,
Garland S. Tucker, III
W&L Class of 1969