{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lafayette Magazine Summer 2012","provider_url":"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/summer2012","author_name":"gaula","author_url":"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/summer2012\/author\/gaula\/","title":"Informed Vision - Lafayette Magazine Summer 2012","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"c8B6ZJ7Wnk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/summer2012\/2012\/07\/20\/informed-vision\/\">Informed Vision<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/summer2012\/2012\/07\/20\/informed-vision\/embed\/#?secret=c8B6ZJ7Wnk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Informed Vision&#8221; &#8212; Lafayette Magazine Summer 2012\" data-secret=\"c8B6ZJ7Wnk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/magazine.lafayette.edu\/summer2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/07\/FinformedSummer2012FEATURED.jpg","thumbnail_width":960,"thumbnail_height":400,"description":"Presidents from more than 40 of the country\u2019s most selective liberal arts colleges gathered at Lafayette to brainstorm together about models to guide undergraduate education in the 21st century. by Alan Finder | Illustration By Brian Stauffer  The challenges facing the nation\u2019s system of higher education and with it, liberal arts colleges, cannot be overstated. The cost of an undergraduate education has been rising faster than the general inflation rate for decades. Increases in financial aid, meant to offset tuition increases, have reached unsustainable levels. Demographics are shifting, with a decline in the number of middle-class and upper-middle class students graduating from high school.  Attempts to make the faculty more productive run the risk of diminishing quality and undercutting the colleges\u2019 core missions. A tradition of governance shared between administrators and faculty often restricts the ability to make difficult and timely decisions. The American public is broadly skeptical of the value and affordability of a liberal arts education."}