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Commentary On - "The Exploratory Year: A New Approach To The Four Year Experience At Whittier College", Eugene Wine

Perspectives (1969-1979)

I read with interest Michael McBride's article on the exploratory year at Whittier College. While I am sure that Whittier is satisfied with it and that it contains a number of innovative ideas, such as the "initial module" in various disciplines, I want to speak to the three assumptions upon which Professor McBride and his colleagues rejected any common interdisciplinary general education course for Whittier. I do so because the assumptions are so widely held and because Professor McBride states them so succinctly. I also speak to them as an admitted partisan of a common transdisciplinary general education core course …

Interdisciplinary Perspectives Vol. 8 No. 3

Perspectives (1969-1979)

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The Editor's Page, George F. Estey

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The Editor's Page for Interdisciplinary Perspectives Vol. 9 No. 2

Interdisciplinary Perspectives Vol. 9 No. 2

Perspectives (1969-1979)

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Perspectives For Moral Education In Higher Education, William P. Frost

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Much of the literature on moral education is of a psychological nature with an emphasis on the individual's responsibility to the challenges of the social environment. The valuable is perceived in terms of (1) the development of the person as (2) a member of society. These publications fail to identify perspectives according to which living and growing become meaningful. Paul Kurtz recognizes this shortcoming.

Many people in post-modern society -young and old - lack direction in their lives, a meaning or purpose. Often it is the " liberated" individuals who seem most vulnerable to a confusion of values and to …

Preliminary Program: Association For General And Liberal Studies 17th Annual National Conference

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Preliminary Program

Association for General and Liberal Studies

17^th Annual National Conference

Weber State College - Ogden, Utah 84408

October 27, 28, And 29, 1977

"General Education: Diversity by Design"

Agls And General Education - Reflections By The President, A. J. Carlson

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The Association for General and Liberal Studies serves as "a forum for professional people concerned with undergraduate general and liberal education in each of the several divisions of the curriculum." At least, that is what the Bylaws indicate. But as I talk to people about the organization several more specific questions keep emerging: " What exactly is AGLS anyway?" "Why should I spend $10 a year to support AGLS?" " What is Interdisciplinary Perspectives?" These questions suggest that the Association has as its first problem - to use the current jargon - a very large "communication gap."

The Woof And The Warp, S. R. Wiersteiner

Perspectives (1969-1979)

What is the mission of the university: To prepare for life, or to prepare for a career? If one follows the secular press and pursues the various journals concerned with higher education, one is struck with the " either/or" nature of the articles and comments concerning the goal of a university. But should it be an " either/or" question? Can the preparation for life's work be divorced from the preparation to enjoy that life to its fullest? The whole cloth is not made from only the woof, it must also include the warp.

The Exploratory Year: A New Approach To The Four-Year Experience At Whittier College, Michael J. Mcbride

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Most students begin college with little idea about the field of study they will eventually pursue. Some have made a decision in this area , but often have only a vague notion of what is implied in such a decision. Yet, in both cases, the general pattern of liberal arts colleges is to put such students into a general studies program for two years consisting of required or strongly recommended courses. While students may gain a broad educational background, those with little idea about their future area of concentration must base a decision regarding the " major" on a brief …

Innovative Adult General Education: The Detroit Experiment, David W. Hartman, Richard T. Bohan, Otto Feinstein, Sandra Loehr, Linda Michalowski, F. Richard Place

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Increasingly, universities have confronted a changing population of undergraduate students. They find themselves under considerable scrutiny, from legislators, taxpayers and potential students. Concurrently, the impetus to re-appraise the mission of undergraduate education, so as to insure its accommodation in our changing society, is in need of refocusing. The issue of who comes to the university, and for what end, stands foresquare in the face of faculties, administrators and elected guardians of higher education, now more than ever before. Again we are charged with providing curricula and format that are relevant enough to retain the attention of today's new student, that …

Philosophy As Humanistic Model, Gary R. Sudano

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Science and philosophy both reach "straight into experience and arrange it with new meaning."² The novice in philosophy is struck by its attempts to provide answers to the essential questions of life. Indeed, he often becomes impatient with philosophical theories which seem to backtrack and are analytic rather than speculative, and philosophy instructors are careful to balance critical activities with answer-generating activities in the classroom. In most cases the student tends to pass lightly over the former in order to get to the meat of the latter. This is the first at traction of philosophy for students, if there …

Improving Humanities Education: Philosophy And Design, Ronald W. Carstens

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Both the Hebrew notion of the fall and the Greek concept of hubris have taught us that human endeavors are essentially acts of pride and possibly acts of arrogance. I suppose that a paper entitled "Improving Humanities Education" would be judged to be as at least impertinent in as much as it suggests that the teaching of the humanities can or ought to be improved. But I believe it is possible to improve the way that body of human intellectual and artistic study of man as man we call the humanities is addressed and actualized in the formal process of …

The Human Experience, Dimensions Of Love: An Experiment In Interdisciplinary Studies, Patricia Ernenwein Zevin, Gene Sager, Brenda Montiel

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Dedicated to the support of interdisciplinary studies as intellectually sound and academically necessary, this paper is an expanded version of the presentation made by the authors during the 17th Annual Conference of the Association of General and Liberal Studies (October 27-29, 1977, Ogden, Utah). The subject of the conference, "General Education: Diversity by Design," seemed to the Interdisciplinary Studies team at Palomar College (including, in addition to the authors, Donna Tryon, Art, Richard Peacock, Film, and Don Piche, Philosophy) to be particularly appropriate to efforts there to establish a series of interdisciplinary courses in a thematic, team-taught design focusing on …

Convention Report: Focusing On General Education At Chicago Aahe, Peyton Richter

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The spotlight during discussions of general education at the AAHE 1978 National Conference on Higher Education in Chicago (March 19-22) played back and forth upon Harvard's Dean Henry Rosovsky and the Harvard Report on the Core Curriculum. A modest but confident pragmatist, Rosovsky, as a panelist at a major session of the conference, began by reminding us that welcoming college graduates each year to the company of educated men and women makes sense only if we know what an educated person is. He and his committee, after much discussion and deliberation, had decided that an educated person: (1) must be …

Opinion Writing For Publication, Richard P. Bailey

Perspectives (1969-1979)

So, when the "writing crisis" hit the pedagogical fan, I was ready with an "innovative" method (so dear to the hearts of educators) for teaching writing. What had lurked in my mind for years pushed its way from subconscious to conscious - i.e ., the only completely satisfying reward for good writing is publication. Students who are given a better reason for writing than the bored approval of a graduate student and/or an arbitrary grade by a young instructor marking papers and time until a section of English Lit. 5,000 opens - students with appetites whetted by the dream of …

Interdisciplinary Perspectives Vol. 9 No. 1

Perspectives (1969-1979)

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The Editor's Page, George F. Estey

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Editor's Page from Interdisciplinary Perspectives Vol. 8 No. 3

General Education For Living And The Value Of Work: Are They Compatible?, Noojin Walker

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Almost ten years ago the United States Commissioner of Education, Sidney Marland, introduced into the educational vocabulary a new expression - career education. Since then we, in higher education and especially liberal arts and general education, have given little thought to the concept. Because all of us know that vocationalism has no place in a liberal arts education. Consequently, career education also has no place. Yet over the last few years I have observed what appears to be an erosion. Some faculty have moved from hostility to indifference, to cautious support, and, in some cases, to active support of the …

The Ursinus Weekly, December 16, 1976, Alan Stetler, Cindy Shelmire, Stephanie Dent, Ann Weibezahl, Steven Schirk, Andrew Schwartz, Joseph Saraco, Ralph Mchenry

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Career seminar held; Insurance coverage modified; Correction • Tuition, Gourman discussed • Richter talks to USGA • Dept Chairmen react to SFARC letter • Letter to the editor: Reply and support • Student Activities Committee Fall 1976 allocations • Casino Night action • Ursinus replies to Gourman Report • Messiah performed • U.C. runners compete • B-ball needs time • Another super hockey season • Ursinus indoor track • Swimmers splash to two victories

The Ursinus Weekly, December 2, 1976, Alan Stetler, Bonnie Dixon, Irwin H. Wolfert, Stephen M. Lange, Barbara Ann Vincent, Kamala R. Chapman, Donald R. Whittaker, Donna L. Phillips, Joseph Saraco, Andrew Schwartz, Warren Fritz

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Field hockey places second; Take 'em to court?; McCarthy addresses Pre-Legal group; Forum Committee finalizes program • Alumni Directory published • Board plans tuition increase; Welcomes two new members • Career night planned • RPR addresses faculty • CR's make a difference • Letters to the editor: More on "Fritz"; A backside view of Wismer cafeteria • Comment: A tale of two students • Musical notes • Forum reviews: Tapestry, Mostovoys • Two gentlemen at Ursinus • Movie review: Network • Union board meets • Philly Co. • Bears 0-9 ... but the future looks brighter …

The Ursinus Weekly, November 11, 1976, Alan Stetler, Sharon Tuberty, Richard P. Richter, Samuel S. Laucks Ii, Donald R. Whittaker, Steven Schirk, Joseph Saraco, Mary Beth Kramer

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: U.S.G.A. passes resolution; Sigma Xi to host speakers; Switzer named to federal board • U.C. student's paper honored • Ursinus installs Richter • Gourman Report slated • Academic Council reports • Comment: Congratulations President Richter • Letter to the editor: Response to "Trees" • Founder's Day: A presidential inauguration • Text of Pres. Richter's inaugural speech • U.C. band advances • Review: Al Stewart • The Wismer approach to gourmet dining • Devils beat Bears • Volleyball season wrap-up • X-country runs eleventh in MAC • Elsewhere in MAC

The Ursinus Weekly, November 4, 1976, Alan Stetler, Cindy Shelmire, Irwin H. Wolfert, Graham Phillip, Kamala R. Chapman, Donald R. Whittaker, Robert Brancatelli, Jonathan Zap, Joseph Saraco, Keith Wright, Kevin Davies

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: S.F.A.R.C. approves letter; Ursinus to install new President; Schwalm invites students; Temple U. presents Brecht • Alarms, finance discussed • U.S.G.A. meets • Law professionals hosted • Comment: Why more trees? • Plant talk • Letter to the editor: Rules blasted • Photo concert • Bause files for patent • Marathon man • Harriers win one of three • Widener rips Bears • Hockey wins continue • Soccer loses two

The Ursinus Weekly, October 28, 1976, Alan Stetler, George Geist, Donald R. Whittaker, Stephen M. Lange

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus News in Brief: Fourteen chosen for Who's who; P.M. Rabin "dismayed"; Garnet squad spoils Homecoming • McCarthy rep visits Ursinus • State candidates view higher education • An evening of one acts • Comment: Exercise your right • GOP and Dems: Aimless search?? • Letter to the editor: Election explained

The Ursinus Weekly, October 21, 1976, Alan Stetler, Ann Weibezahl, Bonnie Dixon, Walter Bright, George Geist, Kamala R. Chapman, Keith Wright, Stephanie Dent, Donald R. Whittaker, Joseph Saraco, Andrew Schwartz, Kevin Davies, Steven Greenfield

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Parsons recovering; Damage fines abolished; Young Democrats revived; Homecoming planned; Voter registration held; MBA fair planned • Messiah cut back • Placement meetings set • Commuters organize • SAC reports • Comment: The ugly American lives on • Richter talks to freshmen • Comment: Alumni-student relations • Rheinpfalz folk culture • Bob Dean: Artist • proTheatre produces one acts • Beautiful noise • Operation: White Cloud • Coming campus events • Handwerk replaces Fry • Soccer drops three • Bears lose • X-Country splits • Kang's return • McGinnis views NBA and Sixers

The Ursinus Weekly, October 14, 1976, Alan Stetler, Steve Shirk, George Geist, Donald R. Whittaker, Craig Hoyer, Keith Wright, Joseph Saraco, Andrew Schwartz, Cathryn Mccarthy

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Parsons admitted to Sacred Heart ; Reiner, Bozorth receive awards; Grant supports psych research; Staskiel to make TV debut • Freshmen elect officers • Nine join faculty • USGA holds carnival • Economics club meets • Ursinus and the arts • Another look at alumni • Coming campus events • WPAZ offers intern program • Harriers surging • LV, Johns Hopkins beat Karas' Bears • Sixers: ready for all new NBA • Saturday's game

The Ursinus Weekly, September 30, 1976, Alan Stetler, Sharon Tuberty, Mark T. Di Marcangelo, Cindy Shelmire, Donald R. Whittaker, Stephanie Dent, Kamala R. Chapman, Keith Wright, Brian J. Fegely, Bonnie Dixon, Warren Fritz, George Geist, Joseph Saraco, Kate Prendergast

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Times cites college depression; 76'ers arrive for training; Simon participates in mission; Absentee ballots explained; Richter named Ursinus President • '76 enrollment drops • Dorm letter drafted • SFARC year opens • Comment: Action, not promises • Cheap shot commentators • Cost comparisons • Movie controversy • The Last hurrah: An introduction to Ursinus romance • Legal society success • Coming campus events • Teacher knows best! • Record review • Curriculum addition in history • Campaign-advance Ursinus • Phils to see red • Gurzynski retires from X-country • Soccer drops two • F.&M. beats Ursinus …

The Ursinus Weekly, May 13, 1976, Alan Stetler, Ruth Von Kummer, George Geist, Donald R. Whittaker, Rae Blake, Joseph Saraco, Andrew Schwartz, Mark T. Di Marcangelo

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus names new Alumni Director • Ursinus Chemistry Dept. receives Du Pont grant • New biomedical program combines M.S. degree with advanced placement in medical school • Dr. Parsons authors text • '76 Pa. Dutch Summer study • Grad honors, offices named; Asimov to speak • C.C.C. notes • Editorial: It's time for a change • Letters to the editor • Profile: Chuck Reese • St. Andrews scholar named • Movie review • They do it in the Bearpit • Taren presents paper • Spring fest • Golfers hole-out • Baseball Bears put everything together • The Juan Pearl and …

The Ursinus Weekly, April 29, 1976, Ruth Von Kummer, Stephen M. Lange, Brian J. Fegely, Thomas Raskin, Sharon Tuberty, Mark T. Di Marcangelo, Joseph Saraco, Warren Fritz, Andrew Schwartz

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Board announces promotions; Six granted tenure • S.F.A.R.C. discusses calendar reform • Egyptian Ambassador speaks on Middle East • Cub and Key holds reunion • Ec. Club meets • Whitians elect new members • U.C. professors attend national conferences • Editorial: Stewing students ask what's cooking? • Letter to the editor: Correction on discussion of birth control policy • Wyeth show at Museum • Pi Gamma Mu accepts 22 students • Book Store robbery • Forum review: The Israeli stand • Mattress fun • U.S.D.A. open house • Zacharias' inferno • Travelin' 9 delayed • Golfers swing • Track races …

The Ursinus Weekly, April 8, 1976, Ruth Von Kummer, George Geist, Judith James, Stephen M. Lange, Alan Stetler, Joseph Saraco

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

President Pettit to retire: Successor as yet unnamed • New U.S.G.A. policy • U.C. hosts library convention • Letters to the editor: Cub & Key comments • Summer school offerings listed • Presidential search outlined • W.C.C. discusses birth control • Forum review: Women in history • Awards announced • ProTheatre plans Spring musical • Montco slates Bromberg • Med students named • Travelin' 9 set • Ghorbal's talk rescheduled • Ec. Club news • Spring sports scores • An interview with Bob Sieracki • U.C. Bill of Rights rediscovered • Ursinus band

The Ursinus Weekly, March 11, 1976, Ruth Von Kummer, George Geist, Stephen M. Lange, Nancy Weatherwax, Alan Stetler, Brian J. Fegely, Donald R. Whittaker, Jennifer Byerly, Joseph Saraco

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

S.F.A.R.C. review • Attention! • Board of Directors meet • Books donated to Graterford • Voters guide to Pa. primary • Scotland calls • Bloodmobile results • Why they leave • International dessert festival tomorrow • Editorial: Further censorship! • Less money for bio-med! • Letters to the editor: Besides lacking quality; A concerned opinion; The Acclaimed Student-Board Committee: Those who are not fortunate souls!; From an outside observer • ProTheatre stages Richard III • Union boosts Bicen blast • Movie review: "Taxi driver" • Coffeehouse rated • Review of hoopla! • Women's gymnastics • MAC swimming finals! • Fore …