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Why Community College Students Need Great Books
Author(s) -
Anderson J. M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20069
Subject(s) - vocational education , employability , community college , curriculum , general education , pedagogy , sociology , political science , public relations , medical education , medicine
As community colleges increasingly embrace their vocational role at the expense of their general education mission, the author of this chapter argues that a curriculum centered on a “Great Books” canon as developed by Mortimer Adler in the 1920s would revitalize liberal education at community colleges and serve both the general education requirements and the future employability of students.