Article updated: 12/31/2012 2:04 PM

Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market

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Adrian College President Dr. Jeffrey R. Docking stands at Commencement Plaza overlooking the campus "mall" at the school in Adrian, Mich. He has added sports and pre-professional degree programs and nearly doubled enrollment.

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Today's increasingly career-focused students mostly aren't buying the idea a liberal arts education is good value, and many small liberal arts colleges are struggling. The survivors are shedding their liberal arts identity, if not the label.