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Summer 2009, Vol. 11, No. 3

Liberal Education and Undergraduate Public Health Studies

This issue makes the case for a bridge between the undergraduate and public health communities, illustrates the potential for public health education as a vehicle for liberal learning, and provides concrete examples and approaches to the development of high quality undergraduate courses and curricula.

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The edition is produced with support from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation as part of AAC&U’s Educated Citizen and Public Health initiative..

CONTENTS:

From the Guest Editor

ANALYSIS

Liberal Education and Public Health: Surveying the Landscape
Kevin Hovland, AAC&U; Brenda A. Kirkwood, the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services; Caleb Ward, AAC&U; Marian Osterweis, AAC&U; Gillian B. Silver, Association of Schools of Public Health

PRACTICE

Philosophy, Public Health, and Liberal Education
Edward Sankowski, University of Oklahoma–Norman

The Evolution of the Interdisciplinary Health and Society Major at Beloit College
Marion Field Fass and Nancy Krusko, Beloit College

Offering an Arts and Sciences Associates of Arts Degree Transfer Program in Public Health
Jeanette Jeffrey, Howard Community College

Infusing Public Health Education into the Undergraduate Curriculum: The Experience of a Comprehensive University
Kathleen Roe, San José State University

An Approach to Development of a Public Health Minor
Debra A. Mowry and Peggy Abels, University of Nebraska–Kearney

The Disappearing Glaciers of Kilimanjaro—Conducting
Collaborative Research on Africa’s Tallest Peak
Matthew V. Bender, Beatrice Kwok, and Tamra Wroblesky,
The College of New Jersey

RESOURCES

AAC&U Calendar

REALITY CHECK

Undergraduates Are the New “Partners” in Public Health
Ruth Gaare Bernheim, University of Virginia, and Lilian Peake,
Thomas Jefferson Health District, Virginia

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