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The fate of liberal arts in today's schools and colleges /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayes, William, 1938- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Subjects:
Education, Humanistic > United States.
Humanities > Study and teaching > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the idea
  • Liberal arts in the schools and colleges in early America
  • The first public schools in America
  • The establishment of vocational schools
  • The community college
  • The progressive education movement
  • History becomes the social studies
  • Philosophy as a component of a liberal arts education
  • Latin and other foreign languages in the liberal arts tradition
  • The future of the arts in our schools and colleges
  • The impact of technology on the liberal arts
  • C.P. Snow and the "two cultures debate"
  • School choice and the liberal arts
  • The growing impact of the federal government
  • The common core curriculum
  • Poverty and the availability of an equal educational opportunity
  • A liberal arts education for special education and gifted and talented students
  • The impact of other programs
  • The liberal arts in our colleges
  • The future of the liberal arts.