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Purdue works to revive liberal arts as key part of college

Call it “the death of the humanities.” Over the last decade or so, majors in English and history are down by a third and humanities enrollment overall is down by almost a fifth. Now an initiative is working to revive liberal arts as a key part of the college experience. Jeffrey Brown reports from Purdue University for our series, Rethinking College.

Purdue works to revive liberal arts as key part of college

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