Liberal Education: Current Issue

Liberal Education, Spring 2017, Vol. 103, No. 2
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Current Issue

Spring2017Vol.103No.2

2017 Annual Meeting: Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence

This Issue represents the theme of AAC&U's 2017 annual meeting, "Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence." Included are selected papers presented at the meeting.

Table of Contents
President's Message

Rebuilding Public Trust in an Age of Anti-Intellectualism

By Lynn Pasquerella

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From the Editor

By David Tritelli

Featured Topic

Glass Cliffs, Queen Bees, and the Snow-Woman Effect: Persistent Barriers to Women's Leadership in the Academy

By Lynn Pasquerella and Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

The Contours of Free Expression on Campus: Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Civility

By Frederick M. Lawrence

Are You Smart Enough?: How Colleges' Obsession with Smartness Shortchanges Students

By Alexander W. Astin

Perspectives

A Glimpse of Global Learning: Assessing Student Experiences and Institutional Commitments

By Jillian Kinzie, Robin Matross Helms, and James Cole

The Experiences of Incoming Transgender College Students: New Data on Gender Identity

By Ellen Bara Stolzenberg and Bryce Hughes

Grabbing Third Rails: Courageous Responses to Persistent Equity Gaps

By Richard J. Prystowsky, Jordan Herrera, Cara Crowley, Russell Lowery-Hart, and Sherri Fannon

"Someone Who Looks Like Me": Promoting the Success of Students of Color by Promoting the Success of Faculty of Color

By Michael Benitez, Mary James, Kazi Joshua, Lisa Perfetti, and S. Brooke Vick

My View

An Interview with Recipients of the 2017 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award

By Suzanne Hyers and L. Lee Knefelkamp