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Sewanee!
Ed Williamson, a former trustee of the University of the South ("Sewanee"), mentions ACTA in his Washington Examiner about reducing tuition:
"My hope is that Sewanee's clarion call for a sustainable level of private education costs will help to refocus the conversation where it should be focused -- on identifying schools that provide real educational value.For too long, the discussion about higher education has virtually ignored education, relying on rankings like U.S. News & World Report's that focus on what students bring rather than on what they take away. They are not valid, and, yes, they raise costs.
Isn't it time that changed? In its What Will They Learn? project, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni has done just that: grading more than 750 academic institutions on the basis of whether they have rigorous core requirements for their students in composition, literature, U.S. history, a foreign language, mathematics, economics and a science. Of the top 14 liberal arts colleges ranked by U.S. News, eight received Fs from ACTA.
When it comes to providing educational quality: Sewanee has a story to tell. Its core curriculum earns a solid B from ACTA -- requiring all of its graduates to study composition, literature, a foreign language, math and a science."
Sewanee's stand is a good sign that someone is taking cost and quality seriously.
Posted by Michael Pomeranz on May 31, 2011 at May 31, 2011 10:01 AM
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