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ERIC Number: EJ1239332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
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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.
American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: https://www.aacc.nche.edu/
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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