Since the first half of the nineteenth century there has been a growing divergence within universities between the studies of the liberal arts and those of the natural sciences, technology and engineering. This has arisen because of the rapid developments in these latter areas and their perceived need for specialisation and presumed lesser importance of liberal arts subjects. In this context the term liberal is generally understood to mean freedom to range over a broad range of knowledge, without being constrained to serve any particular application area, or even purpose
Using Australia to illustrate the case, in this paper it is argued that the transformation of univer...
In this century much has been written about the search for a common learning and whether or not th...
The article focuses on the development of the conception of liberal education at the university inth...
Since the first half of the nineteenth century there has been a growing divergence within universit...
Two of the most important influences on educational planning today are what for want of an establish...
Today we are engaged in a national debate about the extent to which liberal education, as currently ...
A question of considerable significance that confronts our nation’s universities in general and our ...
Science can no longer be dismissed as "purely technical" or "merely vocational." It has an essential...
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88287/1/2001_Georgia_Tech_1.1.pd
Our Universities: Liberal Education Students benefit from an educational experience that requires ri...
Different western philosophers argued for the aims of education, especially higher education, with a...
Rapid change precipitated by a shift from an industrial to an information society will require indiv...
-4- the part of prudence to go to Yale. But even in fields where the argument seems strongest, as ...
Today’s global community requires citizens who are knowledgeable in a myriad of areas; citizens who ...
As students increasingly make the choice to attend university for their higher education, their live...
Using Australia to illustrate the case, in this paper it is argued that the transformation of univer...
In this century much has been written about the search for a common learning and whether or not th...
The article focuses on the development of the conception of liberal education at the university inth...
Since the first half of the nineteenth century there has been a growing divergence within universit...
Two of the most important influences on educational planning today are what for want of an establish...
Today we are engaged in a national debate about the extent to which liberal education, as currently ...
A question of considerable significance that confronts our nation’s universities in general and our ...
Science can no longer be dismissed as "purely technical" or "merely vocational." It has an essential...
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88287/1/2001_Georgia_Tech_1.1.pd
Our Universities: Liberal Education Students benefit from an educational experience that requires ri...
Different western philosophers argued for the aims of education, especially higher education, with a...
Rapid change precipitated by a shift from an industrial to an information society will require indiv...
-4- the part of prudence to go to Yale. But even in fields where the argument seems strongest, as ...
Today’s global community requires citizens who are knowledgeable in a myriad of areas; citizens who ...
As students increasingly make the choice to attend university for their higher education, their live...
Using Australia to illustrate the case, in this paper it is argued that the transformation of univer...
In this century much has been written about the search for a common learning and whether or not th...
The article focuses on the development of the conception of liberal education at the university inth...