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A New Deal for the Humanities - Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education (Hardcover)
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A New Deal for the Humanities - Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education (Hardcover)
Series: The American Campus
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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 twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the
present state, and the future direction of the humanities. These
scholars keep the focus on public higher education, for it is in
our state schools that the liberal arts are taught to the greatest
numbers and where their neglect would be most damaging for the
nation. The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking
debates on 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 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. A democracy can only be as energetic as the minds of its
citizens, and the questions fundamental to the humanities are also
fundamental to a thoughtful life. A New Deal for the Humanities
takes an intrepid step in making the humanities - and our citizens
- even stronger in the future.
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