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The fate of liberal arts in today's schools and colleges / William Hayes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, William, 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Humanistic--United States.
- Education, Humanistic.
- Humanities--Study and teaching.
- United States.
- Humanities--Study and teaching--United States.
- Humanities.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 149 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781475817782
- 1475817789
- 9781475817799
- 1475817797
- OCLC:
- 919858846
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