Suggested Readings

Brief Discussions

• “Higher Education Isn’t Meeting the Public’s Needs”
• “Honors Colleges Raise Concerns over Priorities of Public Education”
• “Common Knowledge: The Purpose of General Education” — Available* on e-reserve.
• “Lost in the Life of the Mind” — Available* on e-reserve.
• “The Hollow Core: Failure of the General Education Curriculum” — Available* on e-reserve.
• “The Future of Work”
• “The Liberal Arts and Sciences” — Available* on e-reserve.
• “Quantitative Reasoning: Go Figure” — Available* on e-reserve.
• “Colleges Must Reconstruct the Unity of Knowledge”
• “Practicing Liberal Education”
• “Liberal Education and Professionals”
• “Civic Engagement” — Available* on e-reserve.
• “Exploring Reality: Cultural Studies & Critical Thinking”

Lengthier Discussions

• Ferraiolo, K. (2004). New Directions in Civic Engagement: University Avenue Meets Main Street. Pew Partnership for Civic Change.
• American Association of College and Universities (2002). Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, National Panel Report.
• Colby, A., Ehrlich, T., Beaumont, E., & Stephens, J. (2003). Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Available from Jossey-Bass.
• Schudson, M. (1998). The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life, New York: Martin Kessler Books. Available from Amazon.com.

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*To members of UNC’s faculty, staff and student body.

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