Liberal arts colleges in American higher education
Subtitle: challenges and opportunities.
Contributors: American Council of Learned Societies.
Series: ACLS occasional paper -- no. 59; Charles Homer Haskins lecture
Publisher: American Council of Learned Societies
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Congresses.; Education, Humanistic -- United States -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Proceedings of a conference on 'Liberal arts colleges in American higher education: challenges and opportunities' convened by ACLS in November 2003 in Williamstown, Massachusetts."--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The past: The liberal arts mission in historical context; title: The present: Economic pressures; title: Teaching, research, and professional life; title: The present educational goals and student achievement; title: The future: Five presidents on the challenges lying ahead.