Rethinking Liberal Education - Farnham, Nicholas H. / Yarmolinsky, Adam (eds.)
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Drawn from a symposium jointly sponsored by the Educational Leadership Program and the American Council of Learned Societies, this work looks at the requirements of liberal education for the next century and the strategies of getting there. Rethinking Liberal Education proposes better ways of connecting the curriculum and organization of liberal art colleges with today's challenging economic and social realities. The authors push for greater flexibility in the organizational structure of academic departments, and argue that faculty should play a greater role in the hard discussions that shape their institutions.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Drawn from a symposium jointly sponsored by the Educational Leadership Program and the American Council of Learned Societies, this work looks at the requirements of liberal education for the next century and the strategies of getting there. Rethinking Liberal Education proposes better ways of connecting the curriculum and organization of liberal art colleges with today's challenging economic and social realities. The authors push for greater flexibility in the organizational structure of academic departments, and argue that faculty should play a greater role in the hard discussions that shape their institutions.
Autorenporträt
Nicholas H. Farnham, Director of the Educational Leadership Program for the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation in New York, is an educational consultant and researcher who has spent many years conducting seminars for college leaders. Adam Yarmolinsky is an educational administrator and former government official. He is currently Regents Professor for Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is former Provost of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, as well as a lawyer.