Faculty Publications
Publication Date
3-1-2019
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Education | Higher Education | Higher Education Administration | Liberal Studies
Abstract
Dr. Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, professor of English at Linfield College, laments the downsizing of liberal arts and humanities programs and departments by college administrators bent on promoting more "job-oriented" disciplines.
This essay originally appeared as part of Conditionally Accepted, a career advice blog for Inside Higher Ed providing news, information, personal stories, and resources for scholars who are, at best, conditionally accepted in academe. Conditionally Accepted is an anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-queer, anti-transphobic, anti-fatphobic, anti-ableist, anti-ageist, anti-classist, and anti-xenophobic online community.
Document Type
Published Version
Original Citation
Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt
Academic prioritization or killing the liberal arts?
Inside Higher Ed, 2019-03-01
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/03/01/shrinking-liberal-arts-programs-raise-alarm-bells-among-faculty
DigitalCommons@Linfield Citation
Dutt-Ballerstadt, Reshmi, "Academic Prioritization or Killing the Liberal Arts?" (2019). Faculty Publications. Published Version. Submission 71.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/englfac_pubs/71
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