ERIC Number: EJ1239332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 4
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Building a Creative Workforce: Growth in Liberal Arts at Community Colleges in Making up for a National Decline in the Discipline
Guth, Douglas J.
Community College Journal, v90 n3 p23-26 Dec 2019-Jan 2020
Despite declines in the number of liberal arts bachelor's degrees awarded by four-year colleges, the growth in liberal arts at community colleges has made up the difference, countering a national narrative that the field is in crisis. As designated by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, the liberal arts cover a range of college subjects, from modern and classical languages to philosophy to arts theory. Per Community College Research Center (CCRC) findings, about one-fifth of all community college courses are in humanities and liberal arts fields, with more than a quarter of every undergraduate degree composed of liberal arts coursework. In its study of liberal arts at two-year colleges, CCRC found the number of associate degrees in this area ballooned by 88 percent--from 218,000 to 410,000--between 2000 and 2015. The share of associate degrees in liberal arts fields increased from 38 percent to 41 percent over that time.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Liberal Arts, College Curriculum, Labor Force Development, Associate Degrees, Humanities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey; Ohio (Cleveland); Arizona (Scottsdale); California (San Diego)
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