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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would check out Denison and Wooster [/quote]

Denison is a great school but quite different. it is good to compare but DU isn’t a liberal arts college, and it is significantly larger.  [/quote]

Can you please share your thoughts on Denison and why do not consider it a liberal arts college ?

Thanks[/quote]

My DC is at Denison and I assure you that it is a liberal arts college.  It does have a professional focus and some of its majors reflect that.  Also, its career center is very active and well-funded, thanks to a big grant it received several years ago.

All that said - it is a liberal arts college.[/quote]

I’m a different poster, but I understand why the earlier poster said it wasn’t a liberal arts college, although of course it is. We did a tour last year of a number of liberal arts colleges, which included Denison. The admissions overview was very different from those of the other liberal arts colleges we visited. It definitely had a lee-professional bent with a presentation that focused heavily on “outcomes” - this is how much money you’ll make, this is where you’ll work, but no talk about their learning philosophy as a liberal arts college. It was a turn off for us, but it may strike the right notes for other people. 
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That is a positive for many of us. When these colleges are charging the equivalent of a new luxury vehicle each year for four years, you'd bet your bottom dollar I want to hear about outcomes. [/quote]

From Denison's website:  "In the 21st century, college career centers should help students land their first job, and prepare them for their second, third, and fourth positions, as well. Denison’s Knowlton Center for Career Exploration collaborates with our students to start thinking about their lives after graduation as early as their first year on campus.

The Knowlton Center team works with faculty members across the entire campus to help Denison students answer three pivotal questions:

What kind of life do I want to lead?
How do careers and professions fit into those lives?
How do I use my time in college to develop the skills, values, habits, experiences and networks to get started?"

To me, this is a positive.[/quote]

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