Interpreting the Liberal Arts: Four Lectures on the History and Historiography of the Liberal Arts
The Second Annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts
February 8-9, 2002
| Overview | Journal Introduction (PDF) |
Conversation Program
| Session I: | |
| A Historiographical Frescoe of the Liberal Arts Discussion Facilitators: · Michael Brint, California Lutheran University |
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| In Defense of the Liberal Arts—Now Under Seige by Disciplinarians, Technologists, Outcomers, Bottomliners, Customers and Profiteers |
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| Session II: | |
| The Emergence of Competing Traditions of Liberal Education Discussion Facilitators: · William Ascher, Pomona College |
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| Alternative Historical Models of Liberal Education in the Twentieth Century Discussion Facilitators: · Harold Hellenbrand, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
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| Session IV: | |
Pressure Points on the Liberal Arts – A Roundtable Discussion
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