The reflective practitioner: The role of a public liberal-arts university in saving liberal education
Paino T.D.
2014
On the Horizon
2
10.1108/OTH-10-2013-0040
Purpose: This paper seeks to discuss the role of a public liberal-arts university in education. Design/methodology/approach: The author first defines the principles and definitions of liberal education, then analyses these ideas in relation to public liberal-arts universities. Findings: Liberal education holds enduring value in a world where state support for higher education is steadily decreasing and the author concludes that society needs public liberal-arts universities in order to maintain freedom of thought and democracies. Originality/value: This piece presents a view of public liberal-arts universities in the wider context of liberal education, recession and worldwide threats to democracy and personal freedoms. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Citizenship; Democracy; Liberal arts; Liberal education; Public university; Reflective practitioner
Peter T.E., National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Article
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