The fate of liberal arts in today's schools and colleges
By: William Hayes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781475817782; 9781475817799
Subjects: Study and teaching; Humanistic Education; Humanities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the idea; title: Liberal arts in the schools and colleges in early America; title: The first public schools in America; title: The establishment of vocational schools; title: The community college; title: The progressive education movement; title: History becomes the social studies; title: Philosophy as a component of a liberal arts education; title: Latin and other foreign languages in the liberal arts tradition; title: The future of the arts in our schools and colleges; title: The impact of technology on the liberal arts; title: C.P. Snow and the "two cultures debate"; title: School choice and the liberal arts; title: The growing impact of the federal government; title: The common core curriculum; title: Poverty and the availability of an equal educational opportunity; title: A liberal arts education for special education and gifted and talented students; title: The impact of other programs; title: The liberal arts in our colleges; title: The future of the liberal arts.