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Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1985
Humanities programs at selected colleges are described, and the value of emphasizing subject matter in humanities programs is discussed in an article by Richard Ekman, "A Plea for Practical Idealism." The most effective programs encourage students to respect subject matter, engage important questions, and search for answers to the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, Higher Education
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Ways that colleges and universities are responding to the new scholarship on women are described. First, an essay by Peggy McIntosh, "The Study of Women: Processes of Personal and Curricular Re-vision," considers stresses for the ego and challenges to the intellect that women's studies work brings to faculty members in traditional…
Descriptors: College Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Feminism
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
College programs in the arts are described, and an essay on the role of the arts in liberal education is presented. In the essay, "Windows and Doors," Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. suggests that imagination is the primary agent of the educational process and is basic to moral development and moral thought. He argues that the arts have an…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, College Programs, Fine Arts
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Ways that colleges and universities provide opportunities for students to improve their writing are discussed in two essays and program descriptions. In "Reinventing the Rhetorical Tradition: Finding Ways to Revalue Writing," Patrick Hartwell and Greg Waters briefly describe activities at colleges that center around the rhetorical…
Descriptors: College English, College Programs, Degree Requirements, English Departments
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1985
Descriptions of college programs that integrate civic issues and responsibilities are provided, along with an essay entitled "Liberal Education's Civic Agenda," by Arthur Levine and David Haselkorn. The essay recommends a curriculum that emphasizes such things as basic skills and problem solving, and values and ethics. The program…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, College Curriculum, College Programs
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1985
Projects at liberal arts colleges to help students understand technology, most of which were funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundations' New Liberal Arts Program, are described. Also included are John G. Truxal's essay, "Thoughts on Teaching Technology," which includes an illustration of technological problems/solutions posed by the pacemaker. The…
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Faculty Development
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Liberal education offerings at 15 colleges directed to professionals, retired people, and other new audiences are described. An article by Peggy Ann Brown, "Recharging the Batteries on Totally New Fuel," describes four educational programs offered to professionals, including literature seminars at Brandeis University and the Dartmouth…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Students, College Programs, Continuing Education
