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By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

“There is increased public scrutiny around the value of the traditional liberal-arts education,” she says. “[But] a well-defined mission statement, aggressive strategic plan and an empowering vision from the president quickly dismiss any doubts of the importance and value of the liberal-arts degree.”