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Colleges are slowly migrating away from offering majors in the liberal arts

By June 12, 2019March 27th, 2024Major Trends

The following article will offer some insight into the current trend of colleges moving away from major offerings in the liberal arts such as Languages, History, Philosophy, and English and toward stronger applied majors such as Engineering, Nursing, Business, and Allied Health. These trends are important since many colleges are in the process of shuttering liberal arts majors and students considering those majors may be impacted depending on college choice.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/06/06/cuts-leave-concerns-liberal-arts-tulsa

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