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ERIC Number: EJ299945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Humanities and Higher Education.
Duguid, Stephen
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, v14 n1 p41-58 1984
Three groups of contemporary advocates of the humanities in higher education are compared: traditionalists who argue for the implicit worth of the humanities, pragmatists who see them as having real use-value in terms of contemporary social issues, and radicals who see them as a force for social change. (MSE)
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Humanities, Social Change, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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