Remaking College : Innovation and the Liberal Arts.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421411354
- 370.11/2
- LB2328.32.U6 R46 2013
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Updating the Liberal Arts Mission for the Twenty-First Century -- PART I. REIMAGINING THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN AMERICA -- 1. Remaking, Renewing, Reimagining: The Liberal Arts College Takes Advantage of Change -- 2. Challenges and Opportunities in the Changing Land scape -- PART II. AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD -- 3. Economics and Affordability -- 4. Using Governance to Strengthen the Liberal Arts -- 5. Orchestrating Shared Governance -- PART III. KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- 6. Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges in Teaching -- 7. Interdisciplinary Perspectives and the Liberal Arts -- 8. Technology in Education: Revolution or Evolution? -- 9. You Can Run, but You Can't Hide -- 10. Technology, Learning, and Campus Culture -- PART IV. COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS -- 11. The Future of Liberal Arts Colleges Begins with Collaboration -- 12. The College without Walls: Partnerships at Home and A broad -- 13. The Networked College-Local, Global, Virtual -- PART V. RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL PURPOSE -- 14. The Liberal Arts College Unbound -- 15. "Glowing against the Gray, Sober against the Fire": Residential Academic Communities in the Twenty-First Century -- 16. The Intercultural Connection: Students and the Liberal Arts -- PART VI. FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE -- 17. More to Hope Than to Fear: The Future of the Liberal Arts College -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
By exploring new ideas, offering bold proposals, and identifying emerging lessons, the authors consider the unique position these schools can play in their communities and in the larger world.
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