A new deal for the humanities : liberal arts and the future of public higher education /

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Imprint:	New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	American campus series
Subject:	Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States. Education, Humanistic -- United States. Public universities and colleges -- Curricula -- United States. Education, Humanistic. Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11405091

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Other authors / contributors:	Hutner, Gordon. Mohamed, Feisal G. (Feisal Gharib), 1974-
ISBN:	9780813573267 0813573262 9780813573243 0813573246 9780813573236 0813573238 9780813573250 (e-book (epub)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about "crisis" is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together ten prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. Contributions are spirited and thought-provoking, covering a diverse range of topics. For instance, they deplore the push by administrations to narrow learning into quantifiable outcomes as well as the demands of state governments for more practical, usable training. Indeed, for those who suggest that a college education should be "practical" - that is it should lean toward the sciences and engineering, where the high-paying jobs are - this book points out that while a few nations produce as many technicians as the United States does, America is still renowned worldwide for its innovation and creativity, skills taught most effectively in the humanities. Most importantly, the essays in this collection examine ways to make the humanities even more effective, such as offering a broader array of options than the traditional major/minor scheme, options that combine a student's professional and intellectual interests, like the new medical humanities programs. -- from back cover.
Other form:	Print version: New deal for the humanities 9780813573243

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Hutner (English, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Mohamed (English, CUNY Graduate Center) offer ten essays about changing views of a liberal arts philosophy in public institutions of higher education. The collection presents a three-prong "new deal" to revitalize liberal arts programs. This triple solution entails modifications in the ways the programs are financed; modifications in the ways programs assess themselves; and redesigns of liberal arts departments with a humanities focus. The essays are all by respected and experienced scholars, among them Jeffrey Williams (Carnegie Mellon), Yolanda Moses (Univ. of California, Riverside), and Christopher Newfield (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara). Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals. --Theresa L. Stowell, Siena Heights University

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A new deal for the humanities : liberal arts and the future of public higher education /

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