Liberal Education and the Future of American Schooling
A College President’s Perspective
With a new administration in Washington, Americans can reasonably expect that aspects of the Bush-era "No Child' legislation will soon be "Left Behind"—but then what?
The challenge facing President Barack Obama and his administration is to relieve the stringencies of the last eight years’ educational policy without reverting to the laxities from which they resulted. As a country, we must be careful not to leap from one slogan to the next, but to draw on the practices that have historically served society best.
With that objective in mind, perhaps it is time to consider the role liberal education can play in...
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