campus partner(s)

Great Lakes Colleges Association

state(s)

MI

amount

$100,000

initiative

Special Project

award date

05.2013

project director

Richard Detweiler

Great Lakes Colleges Association

Grant Summary

$100,000 over 24 months to the Great Lakes Colleges Association -- with additional support from the Spencer Foundation-- to conduct a project to assess the long-term consequences of liberal arts education (i.e., an education that fosters broad cognitive abilities) on the development of personal and civic virtues. In particular, this project seeks to better understand the long-term behavioral impact of liberal education.