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A new deal for the humanities : liberal arts and the future of public higher education / edited by Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed.

Hutner, Gordon (Added Author). Mohamed, Feisal G. (Feisal Gharib), 1974- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780813573243
ISBN: 0813573246
ISBN: 9780813573236
ISBN: 0813573238
Physical Description: x, 196 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed -- From the Land Grant Tradition to the Current Crisis in the Humanities / Roger L. Geiger -- Old Wine in New Bottles, Or New Wine in Old Bottles? : The Humanities and Liberal Education in Today's Universities / Sheldon Rothblatt -- We Are All Nontraditional Learners Now : Community Colleges, Long-life Learning, and Problem-Solving Humanities / Kathleen Woodward -- Humanities and Inclusion : A Twenty-First-Century Land-Grant University Tradition / Yolanda Moses -- Sticking up for Liberal Arts and Humanities Education : Governance, Leadership, and Fiscal Crisis / Daniel Lee Kleinman -- Speaking the Languages of the Humanities / Charlotte Melin -- Graduate Training for a Digital and Public Humanities / Bethany Nowviskie -- Can the Humanities Save Medicine, and Vice Versa? / John McGowan -- The Need for Critical University Studies / Jeffrey J. Williams -- What Are the Humanities For? : Rebuilding the Public University / Christopher Newfield -- Afterword / Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed.