介绍： Thank you for taking the time to sit with me today. First, tell us about your association.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities has a mission of advancing the vitality and public standing of liberal education equity and quality as the foundations for excellence in undergraduate education in ...

介绍： Thank you for taking the time to sit with me today. First, tell us about your association.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities has a mission of advancing the vitality and public standing of liberal education equity and quality as the foundations for excellence in undergraduate education in service to democracy.

Let’s talk about the status of small liberal arts colleges across the US. Where is it right now and what’s happening with them?

There’s a prevailing national rhetoric that calls into question the value of higher education in general, and liberal education in particular.

A number of small liberal arts colleges are at risk, in part because of this rhetoric, but also because they have served very distinctive missions. Many small, faith-based institutions in the past, had relied on the clergy, to do administrative work, to teach classes. And as their numbers are dwindling, the colleges are finding that they’re having trouble keeping up with the payroll. But there are many, many liberal arts institutions that are thriving today.

谢谢你今天花时间和我坐在一起。首先，跟我们讲讲协会吧。

美国学院和大学协会的使命是促进自由教育的活力和公众地位，公平和质量是为民主服务的优秀本科教育的基础。

让我们来谈谈美国小型文理学院的现状。它现在在哪里，发生了什么事?

有一种流行的全国性言论对高等教育的整体价值提出了质疑，尤其是自由教育的价值。

一些规模较小的文理学院正面临风险，部分原因是它们的言辞，但也因为它们履行了非常独特的使命。在过去，许多小型的、以信仰为基础的机构，依靠神职人员来做行政工作、授课。随着他们人数的减少，这些大学发现他们在支付工资方面遇到了麻烦。但是，今天有许许多多文理学院蓬勃发展.