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Peer reviewedBenezet, Louis T. – Liberal Education, 1985
The traditional undergraduate separation of general education, the major, and the electives does not reflect what happens in the student's learning, and lacks direction and clarity of purpose. Collaboration among generalists and specialists within and between the departments is needed to prepare students better.
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Departments, Elective Courses, General Education
Peer reviewedBenezet, Louis T.; Magnusson, Frances W. – Liberal Education, 1981
Concern is expressed about the measures that enrollment-driven colleges are taking to survive: destructive competitive practices may result in scrambled curricula and scrambled college identities. State control is an increasingly real possibility if such developments get out of hand. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Role, Competition, Declining Enrollment
