{"id":8096,"date":"2014-09-12T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T14:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=8096"},"modified":"2014-09-12T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T14:36:12","slug":"is-liberal-education-out-of-style-a-conversation-with-um-president-emeritus-mel-george-and-interim-deputy-provost-patricia-okker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2014\/09\/12\/is-liberal-education-out-of-style-a-conversation-with-um-president-emeritus-mel-george-and-interim-deputy-provost-patricia-okker\/","title":{"rendered":"Is \u2018Liberal\u2019 Education Out of Style? \u2013 a conversation with UM President Emeritus Mel George and Interim Deputy Provost Patricia Okker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStotler Lounge, Memorial Union<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t3-4 pm, September 16, 2014\n<\/p>\n

\n\tReception of light refreshments immediately following\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis event is sponsored by the MU Libraries on the occasion of the 175th<\/sup> Anniversary Commemorative Week.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe word “liberal” has a nomenclature problem – it carries baggage for some people because of its political connotations. What does a “liberal education” really mean? The origin of the word is the Latin word “liber” (free), and the history of the concept goes back at least as far as ancient Greece. A common misunderstanding is that the concept describes specific subject matter (such as “Great Books”); but a liberal education is less about specific subject matter content than about the goals and emphases of the education. For example, a liberal education carries public benefit, not simply private benefit.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are many threats and challenges to liberal education today, including financial pressures and vocationalism. In this conversation, two highly regarded MU educators lay out compelling reasons suggesting that a liberal education is even more important today than in the past and promote the idea that its continued vitality and central role in American higher education should be ensured.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union 3-4 pm, September 16, 2014 Reception of light refreshments immediately following This event is sponsored by the MU Libraries on the occasion of the 175th Anniversary Commemorative Week. The word “liberal” has a nomenclature problem – it carries baggage…<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Is \u2018Liberal\u2019 Education Out of Style? \u2013 a conversation with UM President Emeritus Mel George and Interim Deputy Provost Patricia Okker<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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