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Adaptation, continuity, and change: how three public liberal arts colleges are responding to the changing landscape of American higher education / Olufunke Abimbola Fontenot.
LIBRA L002 2016 .F683
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Fontenot, Olufunke Abimbola, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penn dissertations--Education.
- Education--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Higher Education Management.
- Higher Education Management--Penn dissertations.
- Local Subjects:
- Penn dissertations--Education.
- Education--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Higher Education Management.
- Higher Education Management--Penn dissertations.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 162 leaves ; 29 cm
- Production:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania, 2016.
- Summary:
- The value proposition of the public liberal arts colleges is that they provide the quality of education typically associated with esteemed private liberal arts colleges at a comparably lower cost. These institutions emphasize access and affordability, and a rich and rigorous undergraduate education in "small" residential settings, making this type of education available to students who otherwise could not afford it. Given the decline nationally in state funding of public higher education, demographic shifts affecting who goes to college and how, the "disruption" of technology, and the public questioning of the value of a liberal arts degree, this dissertation looks at how three public liberal arts colleges are responding to these changes and how both the changes and institutional responses to them are shaping or reshaping their mission.
- Notes:
- Ed. D. University of Pennsylvania 2016.
- Department: Higher Education Management.
- Supervisor: Mary-Linda Armacost.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 1110538407
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