The role of literature in the freshman English programs of private, liberal arts colleges in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

A recent newspaper article discussing future trends in higher education noted that by 1990 college graduates were likely to have had some “hands-on” experience with computers regardless of their chosen course of study, including the humanities. Nowhere is the impact of the technotronic society more visible than on the college campus today. Computer centers can now be found even at small, traditional liberal arts colleges. Computer manuals are becoming the equivalent of collegiate dictionaries.As it becomes increasingly apparent, even to the anti-technotronic segment of the academic community, that the development and expansion of computer usage is unlikely to wane, the dialogue about the role of the computer on campus is shifting.

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The Currents of Democracy: The Role of Small Liberal Arts Colleges

Distinctively American ◽

10.4324/9780203793121-6 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 121-132

Keyword(s):

Liberal Arts ◽

Liberal Arts Colleges ◽

Small Liberal Arts Colleges

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Finding a Balance

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190658397.003.0003 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Victoria Lindsay Levine ◽

Emily Kohut

Keyword(s):

Liberal Arts ◽

Liberal Arts Colleges ◽

Musical Life ◽

Critical Thought ◽

Cultural Climate ◽

Whole Person ◽

Curricular Models ◽

Using Data ◽

Music Faculty

Liberal arts colleges focus on undergraduate education, emphasizing the development of critical thought, the whole person, and values consistent with ethical participation in a civil society. Liberal arts music faculty now recognize the need to remap the music major and transform how music is taught and learned in order to remain relevant in the current economic and cultural climate, but the process is challenging. This chapter explores how liberal arts music faculty are striving to meet the challenge, using data from the Internet, a survey questionnaire, and interviews to compare the music major at thirteen colleges. We conclude that finding a balance between the conservatory-style curriculum and new curricular models does not imply replacing the Western concert tradition. Rather, it involves responding proactively to broader changes in musical life and recognizing the role of music in liberal education.

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