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Conflict And Change In The Academic Community, Sidney Hook Jan 1970

Conflict And Change In The Academic Community, Sidney Hook

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The direction of change which holds the greatest promise for deepening, enriching and developing the great humanistic and scientific legacies of university education is by liberalizing the curriculum and processes of teaching and learning in the light of the ideals of the liberal arts tradition. These legacies may stem from the contributions of socially privileged and elite groups of the past. Today our technology makes it possible for all men and women who are willing and able, to partake of them, to contribute to them, and to find meaning and enjoyment in them. The liberal arts tradition is strengthened by …


Needed For The 1970'S: An Educational Policy For The Social Sciences*, Claude S. Phillips Jr. Jan 1970

Needed For The 1970'S: An Educational Policy For The Social Sciences*, Claude S. Phillips Jr.

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The list of efforts at intercultural education is almost limitless. The impact of these efforts has been so meager as to be startling. Conferences are still being convened to study the problem of how to incorporate intercultural studies into the educational system.


Anatomy Of An Anatomy Cult, Claude S. Phillips Jan 1970

Anatomy Of An Anatomy Cult, Claude S. Phillips

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The Sexual Revolution of the last half-century has produced in advanced societies a new curiosity about the varieties of cultural forms dealing with erotic matters. It may be a little surprising, therefore, for our readers to find that there is still a major culture with unusual sexual attitudes and practices which is almost unknown. The Nacirema Tribe, which was discovered by Professor Horace Miner.


A Proposal For Modifying General Studies Science*, Ollin J. Drennan Jan 1970

A Proposal For Modifying General Studies Science*, Ollin J. Drennan

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The dominant thrust of General Studies activities lies in the direction of awakening and deepening the student's individual awareness to the welfare of man-individually and collectively-in the 1970's and beyond.