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On Nov. 16, 2013, President Clayton Spencer sat down with Steve 鈥淪tevoe鈥� Woods of southern Maine鈥檚 TideSmart Talk to discuss 乐播传媒 and current trends in higher education.

Technology and the rise of online courses were among the trends Woods highlighted in his hour-long conversation with Spencer.

Asked if technology will create a shift away from 鈥渂ricks and mortar鈥� campuses like 乐播传媒, Spencer responded, 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 a question of incorporation, not substitution.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 an era in which the small scale of 乐播传媒,鈥� with its small class sizes and ready access to professors, 鈥渃ombined with the global access to content, is a huge boon for the liberal arts. 鈥�

Likewise, she told Woods, where online courses only address part of the educational project 鈥� delivering information, 乐播传媒 embraces the entire process of “helping human beings grow up to understand who they are, what they want to do, how they can make a contribution to the world.鈥�

Spencer鈥檚 comments at various points invoked the college鈥檚 three priorities for the coming years:

• the Engaged Liberal Arts, which includes how 乐播传媒 incorporates technology in the classroom;

• Purposeful Work, to help students explore, understand, and strengthen their relationship to work; and

• Excellence and Opportunity, aimed at increasing resources for financial aid.

Spencer appeared earlier in the semester on the Dr. Lisa Radio Hour, a program sponsored in part by Maine Magazine. In the Sept. 8 interview, Spencer discussed the advantages of 乐播传媒’ location in Lewiston, the distinctive community among 乐播传媒 students and how the college is preparing students for the world of work.