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ERIC Number: EJ439802
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
"Race, Gender, Class, and Culture": Freshman Seminar Ignites Controversy.
Heller, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v28 n21 pA33,35 Jan 29 1992
The College of Wooster (Ohio) has instituted a required one-semester freshman seminar, designed to teach students critical writing and thinking skills, and focusing on racism and sexism in U.S. society. Critics see the seminar as a left-wing attempt to ensure "political correctness." (DB)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Discussion Groups, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Sex Bias, Thinking Skills, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: College of Wooster OH; Political Correctness