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Direct linkBarrington, Lowell – Academe, 2003
Most universities nowadays are in a middle of a crisis which involves academic freedom, faculty morale, inefficient use of time and resources, and most crucial, the nature of a liberal arts education. This crisis has emerged due to a seemingly innocuous goal: that of finding a way to "assess" how much students are learning. Assessment fails to…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Liberal Arts, College Faculty, Student Evaluation
