{"product_id":"remaking-college-9781421419787","title":"Remaking College","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo presidents assert that higher education will have to address spiraling costs and that some college-particularly regional liberal arts colleges-will have trouble surviving if they don't. Philadelphia Inquirer Higher education is going under the microscope to prove its value. Add to that a growing chorus of pundits who believe that a liberal arts education is a waste of time and a relic of the past. But two college presidents argue in [ Remaking College] that a liberal arts education is, in fact, crucial to not just boosting the economy but to solving many of the world's problems. University Business This spirited collection of essays offers lessons in what the rhetorician Richard Lanham once called 'the oldest class in American education, the Seminar on the Future of the Liberal Arts.' Across varying discussions, these leaders argue that 'flexibility' will continue to characterize the agility and adaptability that the liberal arts college produces in its graduates and reflects in its own longevity. The Key Reporter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Updating the Liberal Arts Mission for the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Reimagining the Liberal Arts College in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Remaking, Renewing, Reimagining: The Liberal Arts College Takes Advantage of Change\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Challenges and Opportunities in the Changing Landscape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: An Opportunity to Lead \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Economics and Affordability\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Using Governance to Strengthen the Liberal Arts\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Orchestrating Shared Governance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Knowledge, Learning, and New Technologies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges in Teaching\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Interdisciplinary Perspectives and the Liberal Arts\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Technology in Education: Revolution or Evolution?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. You Can Run, but You Can't Hide\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Technology, Learning, and Campus Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Collaboration and Partnerships \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Future of Liberal Arts Colleges Begins with Collaboration\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The College without Walls: Partnerships at Home and Abroad\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Networked College—Local, Global, Virtual\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Residential Communities and Social Purpose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. The Liberal Arts College Unbound\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. \"Glowing against the Gray, Sober against the Fire\": Residential Academic Communities in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. The Intercultural Connection: Students and the Liberal Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Future Prospects for the Liberal Arts College \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. More to Hope Than to Fear: The Future of the Liberal Arts College\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529532907863,"sku":"9781421419787","price":31.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421419787.jpg?v=1731875988","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/remaking-college-9781421419787","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}