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It's Not a Liberal Arts College If It Doesn't Have Liberal Arts Majors

It's Not a Liberal Arts College If It Doesn't Have Liberal Arts Majors

Gen ed isn't enough

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Chris Gehrz
Jul 26, 2022
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At this point, there’s nothing all that surprising about a small private college or university slashing programs in the arts and humanities. But I’m still fuming about one such decision from one of Bethel’s peer institutions: not just that that school eliminated its history major, but that it did so and claimed to remain faithful to its mission as a Chr…

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