New research suggests that college students aren’t really learning. So how do find a college that will be academically challenging? How do you know if the students at the schools…
We often work with students who really have no idea what they want to major in when they enter college. We will do career assessments,
The Chinese are discovering liberal arts colleges…finally. Most Chinese have never heard of Williams, and have little idea about what the liberal arts are all about. But things are changing.
Can one defend a liberal arts (or “classical”) education in the 21st century? Stanley Fish says yes. So do I.
The New York Times ran a story on Sunday entitled Making College “Relevant.” The thrust is that consumers of higher education (i.e., primarily parents, but
A new book written by three Chinese undergraduates now attending liberal arts degrees at American colleges highlights the many advantages of smaller colleges for Chinese
What is the importance of choosing a college major? A conversation on Twitter led a young man to share his views on the relative importance of choosing a college major.
Hear about Sewanee – a small liberal arts college in the south
I spend about 20% of my time touring around the country getting acquainted with colleges. Millsaps College had been on my list for quite some
