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Growth of career-specific programs may require rethinking traditional college structure

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Robin Capehart
Jun 03, 2024
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Traditional college organization

The structure of higher education that we see today, with its system of departments, schools and colleges, as well as majors and minors, emerged largely in the 19th century. This was a time when the field of academic research was becoming professionalized, and faculty members were increasingly expected to be experts in th…

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