A New Deal for the Humanities

Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education
Herausgeber: Hutner, Gordon; Mohamed, Feisal G

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Produktbeschreibung

Brings together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. A New Deal for the Humanities takes an intrepid step in making the humanities even stronger in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780813573236
• ISBN-10: 0813573238
• Artikelnr.: 42741894

Autorenporträt

Hutner, Gordon

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed
1. From the Land-Grant Tradition to the Current Crisis in the Humanities
Roger L. Geiger
2. Old Wine in New Bottles, or New Wine in Old Bottles? The Humanities and
Liberal Education in Today’s Universities
Sheldon Rothblatt
3. We Are All Nontraditional Learners Now: Community Colleges, Long-Life
Learning, and Problem-Solving Humanities
Kathleen Woodward
4. Humanities and Inclusion: A Twenty-First-Century Land-Grant University
Tradition
Yolanda T. Moses
5. Sticking Up for Liberal Arts and Humanities Education: Governance,
Leadership, and Fiscal Crisis
Daniel Lee Kleinman
6. Speaking the Languages of the Humanities
Charlotte Melin
7. Graduate Training for a Digital and Public Humanities
Bethany Nowviskie
8. Can the Humanities Save Medicine, and Vice Versa?
John McGowan
9. The Need for Critical University Studies
Jeffrey J. Williams
10. What Are the Humanities For? Rebuilding the Public University
Christopher Newfield
Afterword
Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed
Notes on Contributors
Index