The Path to Equity
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The Path to Equity

Inclusion in the Kingdom of Liberal Arts

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eBook - ePub

The Path to Equity

Inclusion in the Kingdom of Liberal Arts

About this book

Coplin has been saving students from the damage done by the bait and switch business model of the liberal arts programs for fifty years. The bait promises career preparation and the switch is to teach undergraduates how to be scholars. He demonstrates how the Kingdom of Liberals Arts programs are based on an elitist attitude that is harmful to most undergraduates who value career preparation over love of learning. This elitism leads to increased anxiety for college students and a college completion rate lower than the worst high schools in the U.S. He shows how the elitism does not serve equity and inclusion but does the opposite. He demonstrates that the harm is not just confined to undergraduate education but to many socio-economic conditions in American society. The Kingdom has contributed to a K-12 education system that sends too many students to college and prevents the resources needed for careers without a college education. It shares some of the blame for the lack of skill and semi-skilled labor in this country. Coplin ends on a positive note by showing that some progress in transforming the Kingdom to an institution that serves its undergraduates has occurred but much more needs to be done. He suggests three most important structural changes need to quicken the pace of change and contribute to, rather than prevent, equity and inclusion.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I: Bait and Switch
  8. Chapter 1: Knowledge Over Know-How
  9. Chapter 2: Flawed Evidence
  10. Chapter 3: The Incredible Bait Machine
  11. Part II: Elitism Revealed
  12. Chapter 4: Benjamin Franklin Is a Petite Bourgeoisie
  13. Chapter 5: Dale Carnegie Is Not College Material
  14. Chapter 6: The Student Prince Warning
  15. Chapter 7: The Hereditary Kingdom
  16. Chapter 8: What’s in a Name
  17. Chapter 9: The Liberal Arts Religion
  18. Chapter 10: “Dumbing Down” Is Dumb
  19. Part III: Undergraduate Victims
  20. Chapter 11: Commoners Vote with Their Feet
  21. Chapter 12: The Anxiety Machine
  22. Chapter 13: Career Services to the Rescue
  23. Chapter 14: Experience Credit Ambivalence
  24. Part IV: Societal Damage
  25. Chapter 15: K–12 Toxicity
  26. Chapter 16: Unskilled Citizens
  27. Chapter 17: Too Many Thinkers; Not Enough Doers
  28. Chapter 18: Equity Denied
  29. Part V: Foundational Changes for Equity and Inclusion
  30. Chapter 19: Change PhD Education
  31. Chapter 20: Reform Lower Division Coursework
  32. Chapter 21: Undergraduates As Responsible Citizens
  33. Epilogue