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Liberal arts colleges in the United States

Liberal arts colleges in the United States are undergraduate institutions of higher education in the United States that focus on a liberal arts education. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise defines liberal arts as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum".[1] Generally, a full-time, four-year course of study at a liberal arts college leads students to earning the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science.

Main article: Liberal arts college

These schools are American institutions of higher education which have traditionally emphasized interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions) at the undergraduate level. While there is no nationwide legal standard in the United States, the term "university" is primarily used to designate graduate education and research institutions, and is reserved for doctorate-granting institutions,[2] and some US states, such as Massachusetts, will only grant a school "university status" if it offers graduate programs in multiple disciplines.[3]


These colleges also encourage a high level of student-teacher interaction at the center of which are classes taught by full-time faculty. They are known for being residential and may have smaller enrollment, class sizes, and student-teacher ratios than universities.[4]

General Studies

Creative arts

Howard Greene; Mathew W. Greene (2000). Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence. New York: HarperCollins.  0-06-095362-4.

ISBN

Harriman, Philip. "." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 6, No. 2 (1935): 63–71.

Antecedents of the Liberal Arts College

Koblik, Steven and Stephen Richards Graubard. , 2000.

Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts Colleges

Pfnister, Allen O. "." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 55, No. 2 (March/April 1984): 145–170.

The Role of the Liberal Arts College

. Colleges That Change Lives. New York: Penguin, 2006.

Pope, Loren

Reeves, Floyd W. "." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 1, No. 7 (1930): 373–380.

The Liberal-Arts College

Seidel, George. "." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 39, No. 6 (1968): 339–342.

Saving the Small College

Compiled and Edited by the Staff of the (2007). The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2008 (34th ed.). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-36689-6. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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