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Article: Liberal education: a for creativity; D--for communication... (President's Message).(Editorial)
- Article from:
- Liberal Education
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
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Americans have always seen strong public value in the practice of "declaring fundamentals," whether in the form of constitutional principles, bills of rights, or statements of essential commitment. Today, as higher education experiences ever more dynamic growth, we need a new "Declaration of Commitment"--a commitment and a campaign for the centrality of liberal education as a framework for each student's college learning.
"Liberal education" is not a currently fashionable term. It has fallen into disuse, in part because of the beleaguered standing of "liberal" values and policies in our national politics, and in part because of liberal education's ties to an era ...