Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:50:07 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

What smart guy living in New Haven, CT would go
to the Univ. of Kansas so he could get a quality Liberal Arts degree?

Lawrence Kansas is a very nice town. I happen to think Kansas is a
pretty decent school. I had an uncle on the faculty there. Dean of the
law school, actually. Someone in CT might find it a bit distant.

Casady

Richard,
If you lived in Kansas, and wanted a college education at a very
reasonable price, Univ. of Kansas would be an option, but it would never
be considered a Liberal Arts college. It is a State University. When
you live in the NE, and you have some of the best liberal art colleges
in the US within 150 miles, it is foolish to go to Univ. of Kansas and
pay out of state tuition. While Univ. of Kansas has made great progress
in the last 30 yrs in improving their University System, it still is not
rated as a good Liberal Arts School. US News and World reports does not
include Univ. of Kansas in their ranking of Top, 2nd tier, 3rd tier or
4th tier Liberal Art Schools. If your objective was to get a quality
Liberal Arts education, you would never pick Univ. of Kansas, unless you
lived in Kansas.

Here are the listing according to US News

Best Liberal Arts Schools:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandre...al-arts-search

Best Value in Liberal Arts:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandre...ts-best-values

you can see the other rankings by clicking on the links in the left hand
column.