Prospectus for change: American private higher education : papers presented at colloquia in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Duke Endowment / sponsored by the Duke Endowment ; edited by Elizabeth H. Locke.

"Held at Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, April 4 1984; Davidson College, Davidson, NC, March 6, 1984; Furman University, Greenville, SC, May 4, 1984; Duke University, Durham, NC, December 4, 1984."

Includes bibliographies.

Preface / Mary D.B.T. Semans -- Introduction and overview / Elizabeth H. Locke -- The report of the National Commission on Educational Excellence : implications for historically Black colleges / Norman C. Francis -- Internationalizing the liberal arts curriculum / Charles W. Bray III -- The changing American college student / Alexander W. Astin -- In the face of change : implications for faculty and administrators of liberal arts colleges / John H. Crabtree, Jr. -- Science and the humanities in the private university / Edward A. Knapp -- Is there a future for the humanities in the private university? / Clyde de L. Ryals.