Back to the pump handle: public health and the future of undergraduate education

The Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) campaign emphasizes application, direct experience, and civic engagement as ways to achieve "economic creativity and democratic vitality" for the United States.\n For faculty in the arts and sciences who have never heard of Snow or on...

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Published in:Liberal Education 2007-09, Vol.93 (4), p.32
Main Authors: Albertine, Susan, Persily, Nancy Alfred, Riegelman, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Access to education
Allied Health Occupations
Avian flu
Citizen Participation
Citizenship
College students
Company business management
Conferences (Gatherings)
Curricula
Deans
Dentistry
Economic policy
Education, Higher
Educational leadership
Environmental economics
Epidemiology
Food supply
General Education
Health care policy
Health education
Health Occupations
Health Programs
Higher education
Influence
Internet
Learning
Liberal Arts
Management
Political science
Professional Education
Professional Training
Public health
Social aspects
Social Behavior
Social Responsibility
Study and teaching
Sustainability
Teaching Methods
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:The Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) campaign emphasizes application, direct experience, and civic engagement as ways to achieve "economic creativity and democratic vitality" for the United States.\n For faculty in the arts and sciences who have never heard of Snow or only vaguely remember, the narrative has an arresting explanatory power. The challenge of pandemics such as AIDS and avian flu, environmental and climate change, dangers to the global food supply, disasters of the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina, (bio)terrorism preparedness, threats of widespread state and civil warfare, and needs of aging populations demand far more than humanity can handle through the education of health professionals alone.
ISSN:0024-1822