As the Pandemic Upends Higher Education, Is Residential College Worth the Cost?

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"The post-secondary system is going to be responsible for educating dramatically more students...We need to experiment. We need to innovate to ensure work force development and economic competitiveness for our society."—UC Irvine's Richard Arum, who is leading a Mellon Research Forum study to better understand the value of a four-year, residential liberal arts education.

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"As the Pandemic Upends Higher Education, Is Residential College Worth the Cost?," PBS NewsHour, July 28, 2020.