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Twenty-first Century Liberal Education

Seminar Schedule

 

 

Thursday, July 24
Welcoming reception will begin at 6:30 p.m.
   Plenary
   Session

Evolving and Durable Dimensions of the Liberal Arts: Both Good and Bad News
Richard H. Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges

   
Friday, July 25
   Session 1 The Historical Evolution of the Concept of Liberal Education
   Session 2 The Classical Tradition in the Twentieth Century: Robert Maynard Hutchins
   Session 3 The Rival Tradition: John Dewey
   Session 4 The Classical Tradition Redux: Allan Bloom
   
Saturday, July 26
   Session 5 The Varieties of General Education: Beyond Distributional Requirements
   Session 6

The Purpose of Liberal Education: Varieties of Individual Development

   Session 7 The Purposes of Liberal Education: Varieties of Individual Development
   Session 8

Modernizing Liberal Education

   Plenary
   Session

Keeping Our Difficult Balance: Hopes, Fears, and Puzzles About the Future of Liberal Education
Stephen Salkever, Mary Katherine Woodworth Professor of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College

   
Sunday, July 28
   Session 9 The Value of Useless Education
   Session 10

The Future of Liberal Education

   Seminar will conclude at 11:30 a.m.
   

Seminar coordinator and director of the Center for Liberal Education at Transylvania University:
   Jeffrey B. Freyman, professor of political science
   B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., The George Washington University