A Conversation on the Liberal Arts
January 19-20, 2001
| Overview |
Conversation Papers: (Requires Adobe Acrobat)
Liberal Arts: The Tradition
- The Rise and Decline of the Modern Liberal Arts Ideal in the U.S.A.
George Marsden, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame - Response to George Marsden
Roger Lundin, Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English, Wheaton College
Liberal Arts: The Present
- Eight Hundred Years of University Learning: Two Pictures of the Liberal Arts
Stephen T. Davis, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont McKenna College - Some Caveats about Character: A Response to Stephen Davis
Gilbert Meilaender, Professor of Theology, Valparaiso University - The Present of the Liberal Arts: A Response to Stephen Davis
Kenneth Nolley, Professor of English and Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Willamette University - Response to Stephen Davis
Ronald A. Wells, Professor of History, Calvin College - A Second Look at University Learning: A Response to Professors Meilaender, Nolley, and Wells
Stephen T. Davis
Liberal Arts: the Future
- Liberal Arts: the Future
Eva T. H. Brann, Tutor and former Dean, St. John's College - Response to Eva Brann
Joel Carpenter, Provost, Calvin College - Response to Eva Brann
Robert Wennberg, Professor of Philosophy, Westmont College
The Value of the Liberal Arts for the Communicator
- Character and Community
Robert F. Erburu, former Chairman of the Times-Mirror Corporation and Stephen C. Meier, Director of the Pfaffinger Foundation