Hutchins, Adler, and the University of Chicago: A Critical Juncture.

Dzuback, Mary Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ420814

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Publication Date: 1990

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Hutchins, Adler, and the University of Chicago: A Critical Juncture.

Dzuback, Mary Ann

American Journal of Education, v99 n1 p57-76 Nov 1990

Examines the career of Robert Hutchins, dean of the Yale Law School and later president of the University of Chicago, and his shift from advocating a curriculum based on the social sciences to one based on philosophy and the great books. (DM)

Descriptors: Biographies, College Curriculum, College Presidents, Higher Education, Philosophy, Social Problems, Social Sciences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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