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Liberal Learning at Wesleyan

Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Connecticut, was founded a century and a quarter ago; and it has been a good institution ever since. What is more, it is one of the few colleges (for it is primarily a liberal-arts college, plus a small graduate school) which actually have improved in standards in recent years. The president, Dr. Victor L. Butterfield, issued a very interesting annual report late last year. “Lip service to the contrary,” President Butterfield writes, “many colleges are failing to take this need for quality seriously.” Wesleyan is not failing.

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Liberal Learning at Wesleyan

Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Connecticut, was founded a century and a quarter ago; and it has been a good institution ever since. What is more, it is one of the few colleges (for it is primarily a liberal-arts college, plus a small graduate school) which actually have improved in standards in recent years. The president, Dr. Victor L. Butterfield, issued a very interesting annual report late last year. “Lip service to the contrary,” President Butterfield writes, “many colleges are failing to take this need for quality seriously.” Wesleyan is not failing.