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Evans, Mary – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2014
Critical responses to changes in UK higher education have emerged from various quarters. This article suggests that some of these responses are collusive with neo-liberalism and that a greater attention might be paid to the possibilities of the word "liberal" and to the more democratic implications of certain US initiatives.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Democratic Values
Gordon, Daniel – Liberal Education, 2012
With the US unemployment rate at 9 percent, it's rational for college students to lose confidence in the liberal arts and to opt for a vocational major. Or is it? There is a compelling economic case for the liberal arts. Against those who call for more professional training, liberal educators should concede nothing. However, they do have a…
Descriptors: General Education, Professional Training, Humanities, Higher Education
Moser, Keith – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study is to explore how the humanities, and specifically literary narratives, can help the American educational system to overcome its alarming, pedagogical deficiencies. In the United States, many educational organizations and boards have realized that the current curriculum is failing to prepare our students on multiple…
Descriptors: Ideology, Models, Change, World Views
Smith, R. Irvine – 1968
In this book, twenty-two contributors offer their individual perspectives on teaching the humanities and social sciences to non-majors in secondary and higher education. Rather than a coherent discussion of classic curricular problems, the book offers a collection of pieces of evidence about what teachers chose to when they had a free hand to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design
Powell, Arthur G. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2003
The term "liberal arts" usually conjures up one central idea; that is, effective liberal arts education as strong academic achievement. A second, less dominant, and frequently neglected notion regards effective liberal arts education as producing intellectual interests and habits that endure throughout adult life. The two ideas are…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, High Schools, Educational Objectives, Reflection
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The national investment in graduate education is addressed in proceedings of the 1982 meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States (CGS). Proceedings of the CGS business meeting are also included. The keynote address by Howard R. Bowen, "Educational Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," is provided. Transcripts of the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Doctoral Programs, Educational Opportunities, Females
American Council of Learned Societies, 2005
This American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Occasional Paper presents the proceedings of a conference on "Liberal Arts Colleges in American Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities" convened by ACLS in November 2003 in Williamstown, Massachusetts with the support of the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Research Universities, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences