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ERIC Number: EJ416777
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Calling on the Past: The Quest for the Collegiate Ideal.
Rhoades, Gary
Journal of Higher Education, v61 n5 p512-34 Sep-Oct 1990
A social analysis of policy discourse on undergraduate education, through four reform reports, suggests that the ideas embedded in the reports are framed by the conception of the elite liberal arts college as the collegiate ideal, and value and advantage some social groups more than others. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Public Policy, Selective Colleges, Social Discrimination, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: College the Undergraduate Experience in America; Integrity in the College Curriculum; Involvement in Learning; To Reclaim a Legacy