Op-eds and Letters to Editors

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• President Carol Geary Schneider responds to a recent commentary in The Chronicle of Higher Education in which Richard Hersh and Richard Keeling argue for the importance of liberal education and criticize a recent statement of the National Association of Scholars. In her letter, President Schneider notes the revitalization of liberal education AAC&U’s LEAP initiative is making visible.
• Letter to the editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education stating that "the most visionary [colleges and universities] are creating a new liberal education that helps students develop big-picture understanding and sophisticated intellectual capacities, as well as the practical acumen to get things done in the real world" (November 30, 2007, subscription required).
• Opposing op-ed piece in USA Today about choosing a major in high school. (September 4, 2007)
• Letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal in response to a Peter Berkowitz column on "Compassless Colleges," citing the efforts of the LEAP campaign. (September 11, 2007)
• Op-Ed about AAC&U research on student attitudes toward liberal education in Chronicle of Higher Education (September 23, 2005, subscription required). 
• An Urgent Agenda in Inside Higher Ed (February 9, 2007)
• Greater Expectations for College Achievement, Editorial in the Indianapolis Star (November 17, 2002)
• Letter on recent proposals about assessment and accountability, excerpted in The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 16, 2003, subscription required).
• Letter to the Editor of Time Magazine Responding to Story About Proposed Changes to the SAT from Carol Geary Schneider (October 27, 2003).