Top-ranked liberal-arts colleges are failing to provide their students with a rigorous higher education even as many of them have steadily increased tuition and administrative spending in recent years, the American Council of Trustees...
When college students’ knowledge of World War II is put to the test, many are in the dark. Actually, some are entirely clueless. You might think it wouldn’t be too hard to answer questions...
Nearly 30 of the nation’s top-ranked liberal arts colleges do not require students take a survey course in U.S. history, according to the findings of a report released Monday. The American Council of Trustees...
REPORT: Elite colleges’ tuitions far outpace inflation; campus presidents earn as much as POTUS; curriculums lack important basics. The 29 institutions ranked as the top liberal arts colleges in the nation have raised tuition...
Recent studies say two things about the liberal arts. They’re very important…and they’re in a parlous state. To figure out why they’re in trouble, ACTA looked at America’s finest liberal arts colleges in our...
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