The post-pandemic liberal arts college : a manifesto for reinvention / Steven Volk, Beth Benedix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volk, Steven Saul, 1946- author.

Hawkins Benedix, Beth, 1971- author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Humanistic--United States.

Education, Humanistic.

Private universities and colleges.

Small colleges.

United States.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Small colleges--United States.

Private universities and colleges--United States.

Physical Description:

158 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, OH : Belt Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"Private liberal arts colleges have been struggling for decades; now, as the COVID-19 pandemic widens cracks latent in many American institutions, they are facing a possibly mortal crisis. Steven Volk and Beth Benedix call for small colleges to seize this moment and reinvent themselves. With the rise of rankings that set peer institutions against each other, tuition that outpaces income, creeping pre-professionalism, and a race to build student 'customers' the splashiest new amenities, many private liberal arts colleges have strayed from their founders' missions. If they could shed the mantle of exclusivity, reduce costs, facilitate true social mobility, and collaborate with each other, the authors argue, they might both survive and again become just, equitable, accessible institutions able to offer the transformative and visionary education that is their hallmark"--Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-156).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1948742845

9781948742849

OCLC:

1180973383

Publisher Number:

99986763772