Subject: Restoring the humanities and liberal studies
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Date: Sat 06 May 2000 - 01:17:05 MEST
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 01:17:05 +0200 (MET DST) From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de> Subject: Restoring the humanities and liberal studies
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Greetings IFETS campus,
Just catching on--
> > In a message dated 5/3/00 4:35:30 PM, tabeles@tmn.com writes:
> > << Perhaps the time has come to restore the humanities and liberal studies
> > arena of The Academy to a central place in the curriculum?
> > thoughts? >>
> > John Spiers, MA Ed Admin writes below--
> > If unaccredited, then I am all for it. Accreditation is the Berlin
> > Wall of education, and when that goes down, then the renaissance
> > enters academia, too.
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Irene Upshur wrote:
> Do I hear a movement?
Yes, there is a movement!
> COLLEGE OFFERS INCENTIVE TO LOG OFF
>
> William Woods University, a small liberal arts
> collage, is offering a considerable tuition rebate to students who turn
> off their computers and log on to life. Concerned that students are spending
> too much time surfing the Internet, and not enough time engaging in cultural
> activities, the school plans to offer new freshmen $5,000 for attending
> campus cultural events or joining organizations. "After all the technically
> challenging things are mastered, we were concerned we weren't combining
> them with cultural understandings, human sensitivities," said Lance
> Kramer, vice president and dean of academic affairs.
> [SOURCE: New York Times (Online), AUTHOR: The
> Associated Press]
> (http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/biztech/articles/05college-rebate
On a different note--
With respect to Tom Abeles, John Spiers and Irene Upshur -I would like to
mention that, Colleges are concerned not just about finding jobs for
graduates, but also about accreditation. Liberal Arts Majors can prove IT
Literacy with the test mentioned in Tek.Xam <http://www.tekxam.com> -a
four-hour technology skills exam designed for students with non-technical
degrees..
Reference:-
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/education/03education.html>
Sincerely
Arun Tripathi
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