The American college as the place for liberal learning.(Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts Colleges)

From: Daedalus | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Liberal arts colleges are increasingly finding themselves falling prey to a growing clamor from parents, officials and businessmen for quantifiable, useful education. The pursuit of learning for its intrinsic worth is seen as impractical in the inexorable march towards global competitiveness.

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In education, as in most facets of present-day life, it is the best of times and the worst of times. We may infer that it is the worst of times from the multitude of jeremiads on the topic as well as from our common experience as teachers. Among students there is a ...

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