{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-liberal-arts-in-the-global-age-9781138184435","title":"The Evolution of Liberal Arts in the Global Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvanced and developing countries across the globe are embracing the liberal arts approach in higher education to foster more innovative human capital to compete in the global economy. Even as interest in the tradition expands outside the United States, can the democratic philosophy underlying the liberal arts tradition be sustained? Can developing countries operating under heavy authoritarian systems cultivate schools predicated on open discussion and debate? Can entrenched specialist systems in Europe and Asia successfully adopt the multidisciplinary liberal arts model? These are some of the questions put to leading scholars and senior higher education practitioners within this edited collection. Beginning with historical context, international contributors explore the contours of liberal arts education amid public calls for change in the United States, the growing global interest in the approach outside the United States, as well as the potential of liberal arts philosophy in a g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These essays provide food for the soul, the mind, and the spirit in these disruptive, chaotic, often brutal and exponentially changing times. We desperately need such reaffirmation of the importance of informed citizenship in despotic times. We also need a next generation to be better educated to understand the moral, social, intellectual, and ethical dimensions of a digital age run amok….It is to the liberal arts that we turn for those consolations, insights, and abiding human powers. It is to these essays that I invite you, now, to turn and be inspired.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-From the Foreword by Cathy N. Davidson, Distinguished Professor at Director of the Futures Initiative, Graduate Center, the City University of New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In an uneasy time, when nuanced habits of mind and deeply engaged citizenship are as needed as at any point in history, \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Liberal Arts in the Global Age \u003c\/i\u003emakes a compelling case for the irreplaceable strengths of American liberal arts education. Policy-makers and educators in the United States and around the world should add this volume to their ‘must-read’ lists: it is a clarion call for the advancement of education that can literally help save our world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Mark Roosevelt, President, St. Johns College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marber and Araya have gathered a brilliant array of essays that together stage a vital conversation about the intersection of that distinctive American cultural idea, the liberal arts curriculum, and global society’s eagerness to harness today’s new forms of thought, creativity, communication, and commerce for universal betterment. The book’s commentators, consistently informed and astute as they traverse the educational landscape stretching from Asia to Latin America, offer a compelling case for liberal learning’s continued vibrancy and relevance in a fast-changing, challenging, but also potentially thrilling world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Kimberly W. Benston, President and Gummere Professor of English, Haverford College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword - Cathy N. Davidson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The American Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Yale Report of 1828 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Committee of the Corporation and the Academic Faculty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Declension Narrative, the Liberal Arts College, and the University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce A. Kimball\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmending the Liberal Arts: An Analysis of Learning Outcomes for Professional Majors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham N. S. Miller, Cindy A. Kilgo, Mark Archibald, and Ernest T. Pascarella\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lure of Liberal Arts: Emerging Market Undergraduates in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Marber \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNext-Generation Challenges for Liberal Education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse H. Lytle and Daniel H. Weiss\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Liberal Arts Around the World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrécis of a Global Liberal Education Phenomenon: The Empirical Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eKara A. Godwin \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Emergence of Liberal Arts and Sciences Education in Europe: A Comparative Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarijk van der Wende\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThinking Critically about Liberal Arts Education: Yale-NUS College in Singapore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlene Tan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcademic Freedom and the Liberal Arts in the Middle East: Can the US Model be Replicated?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeema Noori\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe African Liberal Arts: Heritage, Challenges and Prospects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant Lilford\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Evolutions and Revolutions in the Global Age\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs \"Design Thinking\" the New Liberal Arts?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter N. Miller\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHong Kong’s Liberal Arts Laboratory: Design-Thinking, Practical Wisdom, and the Common Core@HKU \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGray Kochhar-Lindgren\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiberal Arts Education in the Age of Machine Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Araya\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork, Service, and the Liberal Arts: Campus and Community as Pedagogical Resources\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven L. Solnick\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Promise of Liberal Education in the Global Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher B. Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEducation for Citizenship in an Era of Global Connection\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha Nussbaum \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors and Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019461591383,"sku":"9781138184435","price":44.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138184435.jpg?v=1750780345","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-liberal-arts-in-the-global-age-9781138184435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}