Archive for the 'Liberal Arts' Category

Colleges’ Participation in US News Rankings Drops

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Inside Higher Ed reports in an article today that many colleges–especially liberal arts colleges–are not participating in at least some aspects of the infamous US News & World Report rankings.
The reasons are difficult to discern with certainty, but here are some likely explanations:

According to Robert Morse, who leads the rankings project at US News, it [...]

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St. John’s College in Santa Fe: Defining the Liberal Arts

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

The Liberal Arts. A Classical Education. Humanism.
If this is what you seek, then seek no further than St. John’s College. I spent a couple of hours on its gorgeous campus on the edge of Santa Fe, New Mexico, today. As I got out of my car, I heard the strains of a [...]

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