Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Of Interest: Liz Coleman on a Liberal Arts Revolution

"Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day."

This 2009 TED talk proposes dramatic and controversial changes to not only the structure but the purpose of a Liberal Arts education

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