Small By Choice
The Advantages of Small Colleges

The Council of Independent Colleges
A Special Report on the Role of
Small Independent Colleges in America

Small colleges provide high quality education to all kinds of students.

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

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Small colleges provide high quality education to all kinds of students.

The student body at most small colleges is diverse - culturally, racially, spiritually, financially, academically. Small colleges exist to provide a diverse group of students an education of high quality, aimed squarely at preparing all kinds of young people to be fully functioning citizens in the democracy. Small colleges offer an educational experience configured for all students, not merely for the economically, socially , or academically elite.


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