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By Choice The Advantages of Small Colleges |
The Council of Independent Colleges A Special Report on the Role of Small Independent Colleges in America |
Focus on the
Undergraduate
High Quality Education
Liberal Arts Education
for a Lifetime
Emphasis on Values
Significant Opportunities
Advantageous Teaching
Environment
Leadership
Financially &
Administratively Efficient
College "Family"
Commitment
Small colleges are financially and administratively efficient.
A common myth suggests that small colleges - supposedly lacking economics of scale - are by definition less efficient than larger institutions. This is false. In a detailed economic analysis of institutions enrolling fewer than 1000 students, an American Council on Education study failed to find data to support this contention: "The decision of the most appropriate size for a liberal arts college should not be made on economic or financial grounds."
"The pessimism that small colleges are doomed to failure because of the burden of a large block of fixed costs is unwarranted," reports an American Council on Education study.
Learn more about the enormous
college "family" commitment experienced at small colleges
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This Special Report is made possible by a generous grant from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation.
This Special Report was published by the Council of Independent Colleges in association with JB Associates Washington, Ltd., Washington D.C.
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