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ERIC Number: EJ370244
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Graveyard of the American Dream.
Swanson, Gordon I.
Phi Delta Kappan, v69 n8 p603-04 Apr 1988
Criticizes the 1987 National Endowment for the Humanities report for blaming "vocationalism" for declining humanities enrollments in colleges. Unlike other disciplines, humanities leaders seem unwilling to seek clients or to engage in self-examination. What's needed is a renaissance of educational populism, or a repackaging of the humanities that increases their accessibility to everyone. (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Declining Enrollment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Humanities, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Endowment for the Humanities