The Future of the Liberal Arts College

National Educational Television and Radio Center · June 1, 1967

At a panel discussion taped at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, a group of leading educators and government figures analyzes the plight of the small liberal arts college, and finds that these schools, without the flexibility or scope of their bigger counterparts, are losing their importance. The prospect of facing tem is to adapt or to decline. Many are running out of money and, as a result, are having trouble attracting top-notch teachers. The panelists include Dr. Henry T. Heald, former president of the Ford Foundation and former chancellor of New York University; Senator Peter Dominick (Rep.) Colorado; The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame University; and Dr. William K. Selden, education consultant and moderator of the panel discussion. The program was part of a three day meeting at Converse for 175 to 200 college and university trustees from all over the nation. Other subjects taken up by the panel are the changing role of church-related institutions, and Senator Dominicks proposal for tax credits for parents of college children. The Future of the Liberal Arts College is a 1967 National Educational Television production. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) 1 hour program, produced in 1967 by NET, originally shot on videotape.