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Liberal Education, Winter 2010

Winter

2010,

Vol. 96,

No. 1

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Table of Contents

Real Reform, Faux Reform: Facing the Cost of the "Throughput" Follies

From the Editor

The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar: Centering Humanistic Study on the Arts

How Is Innovation Taught? On the Humanities and the Knowledge Economy

The Humanities: The Case for Data

Symposium on Contemporary Challenges

The Quality Imperative: Match Ambitious Goals for College Attainment with an Ambitious Vision for Learning

Liberal Education and Institutional Identity: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Experience

The Human Journey: Embracing the Essential Learning Outcomes

Infusing Civic Engagement across the Curriculum

The Public Liberal Arts Sector and America's Promise

Liberal Education

The Human Journey: Embracing the Essential Learning Outcomes

By: Michelle Loris

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