Crisis in the Liberal Arts.

Sheils, Merrill; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ182602

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Publication Date: 1978

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Crisis in the Liberal Arts

Sheils, Merrill; And Others

Newsweek, 91, 6, 69-70, Feb 6 78

Harvard University and other institutions of higher education are reappraising their curriculum in order to recapture the intellectual values that underlie the classic liberal arts program. Simultaneously these schools are attempting to make their curriculum more relevant to social needs so that their students can cope in a competitive, highly technical world. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Enrollment, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Relevance (Education), Teacher Attitudes, Undergraduate Study

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