The reflective practitioner: the role of a public liberal-arts university in saving liberal education

Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the role of a public liberal-arts university in education. Design/methodology/approach – The author first defines the principles and definitions of liberal education, then analyses these ideas in relation to public liberal-arts universities. Findings – Liberal e...

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Published in:On the horizon 2014-02, Vol.22 (1), p.72-74
Main Author: Paino, Troy D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art Education
Colleges & universities
Competition
Debt (Financial)
Democracy
Education
General Education
Global & comparative education
Higher education
Intellectual Disciplines
Intellectual Freedom
Learning
Liberal Arts
Management Systems
Middle class
Outcomes of Education
Professional Training
Social Responsibility
Society
State Aid
Student loans
Teaching Methods
Traditions
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Summary:Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the role of a public liberal-arts university in education. Design/methodology/approach – The author first defines the principles and definitions of liberal education, then analyses these ideas in relation to public liberal-arts universities. Findings – Liberal education holds enduring value in a world where state support for higher education is steadily decreasing and the author concludes that society needs public liberal-arts universities in order to maintain freedom of thought and democracies. Originality/value – This piece presents a view of public liberal-arts universities in the wider context of liberal education, recession and worldwide threats to democracy and personal freedoms.
ISSN:1074-8121
2054-1708
DOI:10.1108/OTH-10-2013-0040