Liberal Arts in the Doldrums
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Liberal Arts in the Doldrums

Rethink, Revise, and Revitalize to Reverse the Trend

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eBook - ePub

Liberal Arts in the Doldrums

Rethink, Revise, and Revitalize to Reverse the Trend

About this book

This book argues for changes in the common cultural heritage of an educated person. It addresses the need to differentiate teaching and scholarship. It proposes expansive views of an undergraduate education. It explains why colleges and universities must replace parochialism, reform the public perception of higher education, revise the professoriate, restructure the liberal arts curriculum, and extend the lessons of the liberal arts beyond the classroom.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Part I: Replacing Parochialism in the Liberal Arts
  4. Chapter 1: What’s the Difference between Believing and Knowing? Is Your Truth Everybody’s Truth?
  5. Chapter 2: Are We Fighting a Decline in Critical Thinking? Is “Truthiness” Really a Word in the Dictionary?
  6. Chapter 3: What Does It Mean to be an Educated Person? Is Everybody Talking the Same Language?
  7. Part II: Reforming the Public Perception of Higher Education
  8. Chapter 4: Is it Peacetime or Wartime in Higher Education? Do We Have to Respond to Attacks on the Liberal Arts?
  9. Chapter 5: What’s the Big Picture of the Liberal Arts? Where Are We Going?
  10. Chapter 6: Why Should We Listen to Weak Signals? How Long Can We Ignore the Obvious?
  11. Chapter 7: Are Liberals and Conservatives at War on the Campus? Could Professors Have a Bias?
  12. Chapter 8: Do Reputation and Accreditation Matter? Would Anyone Hire Plato if He Did Not Have a Doctoral Degree?
  13. Part III: Revising the Professoriate
  14. Chapter 9: Do We Still Need Professors in the Classroom? Why Are We Paying These People?
  15. Chapter 10: Does the Classroom Offer Status for Professors? When Was the Last Time Anyone Praised Your Teaching?
  16. Chapter 11: Do Professors Need Both Cognitive and Emotional Intelligence? If We Understand the Great Ideas, Why Do We Need More?
  17. Chapter 12: Can Professors Help Us Improve Decision Making? If We Only Know the Theory, Is That Enough?
  18. Part IV: Restructuring the Curriculum
  19. Chapter 13: Why Should Professors Encourage Students to Take Chances? What Good Things Might Happen if We Leave Our Comfort Zones?
  20. Chapter 14: What’s the Big Deal about Context in a Liberal Arts Education? Can’t We Just Talk for Seventy-Five Minutes or So?
  21. Chapter 15: Why Should Professors Encourage Pursuing Tipping Points and Sticky Messages? What’s All the Commotion about Unstoppable Change?
  22. Chapter 16: How Should the Liberal Arts Handle Intuitive Thinking? When Do We Have Enough Information to Decide?
  23. Chapter 17: How Should the Liberal Arts Handle Disruptive Innovation? Will We Break if We Don’t Prepare to Bend?
  24. Part V: Reaching beyond the Classroom
  25. Chapter 18: Why Should Professors Help Students Understand Risk, Uncertainty, and Opportunity? What’s All This Talk about the Future?
  26. Chapter 19: Do Professors Know What They Think They Know? What is the Danger of Too Much Confidence?
  27. Chapter 20: Is Collaboration the Hallmark of a Liberal Arts Education? Can People See Further if They Stand on the Shoulders of Others?
  28. Chapter 21: How Should Professors Handle Irrational Behavior? Why Do People Make Such Odd Decisions?
  29. Chapter 22: How Does It All Come Together? What Do We Know at the End of Our Journey?
  30. About the Author