The Massachusetts Medievalist on Elites-Only LIberal Arts
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As the Massachusetts Medievalist continues to stew about the broad faculty job elimination in process at Lesley, I revisited “Liberal Arts Majors: Gateways to Power,” the article I co-authored with a student in 2020 about the nationwide trend of cutting programs and majors in the traditional liberal arts. Spoiler: those cuts are happening only in non-selective institutions that serve the majority of U.S. college students - the liberal arts continue to flourish in highly selective, elite schools.
The Massachusetts Medievalist on Elites-Only LIberal Arts
The Massachusetts Medievalist on Elites-Only…
The Massachusetts Medievalist on Elites-Only LIberal Arts
As the Massachusetts Medievalist continues to stew about the broad faculty job elimination in process at Lesley, I revisited “Liberal Arts Majors: Gateways to Power,” the article I co-authored with a student in 2020 about the nationwide trend of cutting programs and majors in the traditional liberal arts. Spoiler: those cuts are happening only in non-selective institutions that serve the majority of U.S. college students - the liberal arts continue to flourish in highly selective, elite schools.