Ghosts: Liberal Education and Negotiated Authority

Leisure, Freedom, and Liberal Education

At present liberal education is generally understood and justified as the acquisition of critical thinking skills and individual autonomy. Traditionally, however, the ultimate purpose of liberal education has been leisure. Freedom, it was thought, was not simply the result of critical thinking but also required the cultivation of leisure that involved a vigilant receptivity — a stillness from t...

Burtchaell likes liberal education

L y ° 1***' N o~ 6 8 ____________________________________________________________________________ W ed nesday , January 25, 1978 by Mark Perry Staff Reporter Fr. Jam es T. B urtchaell, a t a sm all gatherin in F isher Hall last n igh t, s ta ted th a t he believes studen ts are p ressu red into study­ ing for certain professions and are th u s losing m any of th e benefits of a liberal educatio...

The goals of a liberal education.

The case for a liberal education.

On October 1, 1891, more than 500 enthusiastic young men and women were on hand for opening day ceremonies at Leland Stanford Junior University. They came from all over: many from California, some who followed professors hired from other colleges and universities, and some simply seeking adventure in the West. They came to seize a special opportunity, to be part of the pioneer class in a brand ...

Review Article: Commitment to Liberal Education

The central purpose of Thiessen's book is to defend religious nurture and instruction against the charge of indoctrination. In doing so he questions the prevailing ideal of liberal education which tmderlies the charge of religious indoctrination. But Thiessen's ambition reaches even farther: he also wants to sketch the outlines of a new ideal of liberal education, in the extension of which a re...