The evidence liberal arts needs : lives of consequence, inquiry, and accomplishment / Richard A. Detweiler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Detweiler, Richard A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Humanistic.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Detweiler's research statistically tests the relationship between specific liberal arts practices and later adult life, and considers the implications of those findings for higher education"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1. Our Puzzle

The First Question: What Is Education in the Liberal Arts Tradition?

The Second Question: What Is the Impact of a Liberal Arts Education?

The Third Question: What Are the Implications of an Education in the Tradition of the Liberal Arts, and What Is the Value of It?

In Closing

2. An Educational Ecology: Higher Learning through Purpose, Content, and Context

Ancient Roots

The Span of Knowledge Globalizes

The Shepherd Boy and the Reintroduction of Purpose, Content, and Context to Europe

In Summary: An Educational Ecology of Purpose, Content, and Context

3. The Liberal Arts versus the World

A European Invention: Specialized Education Serving the State

The Yale Report and Renewed Liberal Arts Purpose, Content, and Educational Context

An Educational Ecology: The Purpose, Content, and Educational Context of the American Colleges

The Frontrunner and the Underdog

4. Today's Education in the Tradition of the Liberal Arts: Purpose, Content, and Context

Step 1: Purpose

Step 2: Content and Context

Step 3: Experiences and Behaviors

Why: The Purpose of Higher Learning

What: The Content of Study

How: The Context of Study

An Educational Ecology of the Why, What, and How of Education

5. Understanding the Impact of College Experiences on Adult Life: The Research Approach

The Research Approach: Life Outcomes

Interview Research

Understanding the Relationship between College Experiences and Adult Behavior

Narrative Reports

6. Research Outcomes: Lives of Consequence as Leaders and Altruists

Educational Experience, Leadership, and Altruism

Lives of Consequence as Leaders and Altruists

7. Research Outcomes: Lives of Inquiry through Continued Learning and Cultural Involvement.

Educational Experience, Continued Learning, and Cultural Involvement

Living Lives of Inquiry through Continued Learning and Cultural Involvement

8. Research Outcomes: Lives of Accomplishment through a Fulfilled and Successful Life

Educational Experience, Personal Fulfillment, and Success

Lives of Accomplishment through Fulfilled and Successful Lives

9. The Brain and Impact Education

10. The Question of Value: Impact Education

Probabilities, Not Destiny

Generalizability of Findings

Cause and Effect

11. Capturing Impact: Implications and Value

Finding an Impactful Higher Education: The Liberal Arts Ideal

Implications for Student College Choice

Implications for College or University Purpose and Priorities

Implications for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Implications for the Role of Technology in Higher Education

Implications for Higher Learning in a Disrupted, Pandemic, and Postpandemic Era

Implications for Faculty

Implications for the Use of Part-Time Faculty

Implications for Study in the Humanities

Implications for Documenting Life Outcomes and the Marketing of Colleges

Implications for Government and Educational Policymakers

Implications for College Cost

Implications for the Value of Higher Education

12. Becoming Higher Educated and the Liberal Arts

1. Purpose: Liberal arts education is designed for life impact

it serves a higher, common good

2. Content: Liberal arts education requires study of the full span of human knowledge and insight into the complex interrelations among the various domains of knowledge

3. Context: Liberal arts education requires a learning environment that is socially and affectively powerful.

4. Educational ecology: The higher, common good purposes of a liberal arts education-to educate people for lives of consequence, inquiry, and accomplishment-are fulfilled only when study involves liberal arts content in a liberal arts educational context

Appendix 1: The Question of Cause and Effect

Appendix 2: Attributes of Participants and Colleges Attended

Appendix 3: Liberal Arts Practices, Not Institutions

Appendix 4: Data Considerations, Demographics, and Statistical Approach

Data Considerations

Analyses

Appendix 5: Statistical Results

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Appendix 1

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Detweiler, Richard A. Evidence liberal arts needs.

ISBN:

0-262-36719-X

0-262-36720-3

OCLC:

1255633051