Complex sentence: Similar to the Experimental College, the Integrated Liberal Studies started in 1949 was a great books liberal arts tutorial curriculum that an English professor described as having the ambience of a "small college" within a large university.
Split into simpler sentences: Similar to the Experimental College, the Integrated Liberal Studies started in 1949 was a great books, liberal arts, tutorial curriculum. An English professor described ILS's ambience as that of a "small college" within a large university.