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ERIC Number: EJ415151
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
The Political Roots of the Battle of the Books.
Zuckert, Catherine
College Teaching, v38 n3 p114-17 Sum 1990
The current debate about the content of collegiate general education is more amicable and more productive when waged in terms of alternative answers to fundamental questions than in terms of allocation of turf. As long as differences are merely tolerated, and their causes not explored, political and educational divisions will deepen. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Core Curriculum, Cultural Pluralism, General Education, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Western Civilization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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