In Community of Learning , Francis Oakley, the president of Williams College, makes a strong case for the values and achievements of the liberal arts in providing a sense of historical continuity and a broader framework in which to come to terms with the problems of the modern world. Oakley places current criticism in historical perspective to show just how that tradition of liberal arts has always been a highly tension-ridden one that from its very conflictedness and response to upheaval has derived much of its enduring ...
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In Community of Learning , Francis Oakley, the president of Williams College, makes a strong case for the values and achievements of the liberal arts in providing a sense of historical continuity and a broader framework in which to come to terms with the problems of the modern world. Oakley places current criticism in historical perspective to show just how that tradition of liberal arts has always been a highly tension-ridden one that from its very conflictedness and response to upheaval has derived much of its enduring vitality and efficacy in shaping the American undergraduate experience. Weaving together historical perspective and recent statistical data, Oakley goes on to evaluate current worries about the "flight from the humanities," as well as such issues as curricular coherence, multiculturalism, and the alleged politicization of undergraduate studies. Coming at a time when the age-old tradition of education in the liberal arts is beset by anxious questioning, Community of Learning is a bold affirmation of its established strengths.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S24.00) DUST JACKET CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; Gold titles on purple cloth sine strip...bright yellow hard covers. Yellow titles on dark blue dust jacket. White endpapers..2x3" photo of author & biog inner dj flap..; 240 pages; Weaving together historical perspective and recent statistical data, he evaluates current worries about a "flight from the humanities" on the part of students or from teaching on the part of academics, and addresses such hotly debated issues as curricular coherence, multiculturalism, and the alleged politicization of undergraduate studies.
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