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Selling the liberal arts degree in England: unique students, generic skills and mass higher education

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posted on 2023-06-09, 11:43 authored by Kathryn Telling
This article examines a series of well-documented changes in post-war English higher education: the massification of, and increased differentiation within, the system, as well as changing relationships between credentials, skills and incomes. It offers an account of the new liberal arts degrees rapidly emerging at both elite and non-elite universities in England, explaining these as a response to, and negotiation of, an ever-changing higher-education landscape. Through an analysis of the promotional websites of the 17 English liberal arts degrees offered in the 2016-17 academic year, the article links their emergence to broader trends, while insisting that there are crucial differences in the ways in which elite and non-elite universities use new degrees to negotiate the higher education landscape.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Sociology

ISSN

0038-0385

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

6

Volume

52

Page range

1290-1306

Department affiliated with

  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-01-22

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-01-22

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-01-22

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