Redesigning Liberal Education

William Moner is an assistant professor of communication design at Elon University. Phillip Motley is an associate professor of communications at Elon University. Rebecca Pope-Ruark is a faculty teaching and learning specialist in the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Agile Faculty: Practical Strategies for Managing Research, Service, and Teaching.

• Foreword, by Michael S. RothAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. A Radical Vision for Redesigning Liberal EducationWilliam Moner, Phillip Motley, and Rebecca Pope-RuarkPart I. Case Studies Chapter 1. Problem-Focused Liberal Education in a First-Year Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Denise S. Bartell, Alison K. Staudinger, and David J. VoelkerChapter 2. Attending to Local Context, Culture, and Language at Florida International UniversityIsis Artze-Vega, Phillip M. Carter, and Heather Russell Chapter 3. The Experiential Liberal Arts: An Integrative Model for Twenty-First-Century Education at Northeastern University Chris W. Gallagher and Uta G. PoigerChapter 4. Creating Connections: An Intentional, Integrated Liberal Education at Connecticut CollegeMichael Reder and Ann SchenkChapter 5. Building a Developmental, Interdisciplinary General Education Curriculum for the Future: Foundations in the Liberal Arts at Rollins CollegeEmily Russell, Susan Rundell Singer, and Toni Strollo HolbrookChapter 6. Exploring the Borderlands: Using Interdisciplinarity to Build Civic Literacy at the College of the Holy CrossLaurie Ann Britt-SmithChapter 7. Redesigning Learning through Multidisciplinary Teaching: Voices from a Sophomore Core Experience at Lasell UniversityMichael J. Daley, Dennis A. Frey Jr., and Catherine ZeekChapter 8. Intergenerational Partnerships to Support Liberal Learning Goals at Brown UniversityMary C. Wright, Maud S. Mandel, Jessica Metzler, and Christina SmithChapter 9. The Design Thinking Initiative at Smith CollegeBorjana MikicChapter 10. Immersive Learning in the Studio for Social Innovation at Elon UniversityRebecca Pope-Ruark, William Moner, and Phillip MotleyChapter 11. Failing Forward: Writing, Design, and Organic Curricular Change at Georgetown University Maggie Debelius, Sherry Lee Linkon, and Matthew PavesichChapter 12. Educating Business Leaders for a Better World at George Mason UniversityLisa Gring-Pemble, Anne M. Magro, and Jacquelyn Dively BrownChapter 13. Educating for Global Civic Participation and a Career: German Studies in the Twenty-First Century at Elon UniversityScott Windham, Andrea A. Sinn, Kristin Lange, Derek Lackaff, Anthony Hatcher, Evan A. Gatti, and Janelle Papay DecatoChapter 14. Pursuing Major Passions: Innovative Minors That Blend Professional Skills and Liberal Education Values for Civic Pursuits at Susquehanna UniversityJohn Bodinger de Uriarte and Betsy VerhoevenPart II. Visions for the Future of Liberal EducationChapter 15. The Future Has Gone Soft on Skills: Why Campuses Should Be Working Harder to Cement Personal and Social Development with LearningAshley FinleyChapter 16. Can We Liberate Liberal Education?Randy BassChapter 17. Aligning Liberal Education for an Age of InequalityWilliam M. SullivanChapter 18. Slow: Liberal Learning for and in a Fast-Paced WorldNancy L. Chick and Peter FeltenChapter 19. Shifting Paradigms: College Admissions as a Lever for Systemic Change in Liberal EducationKristína Moss Gudrún Gunnarsdóttir and Meredith TwomblyChapter 20. Scholartistry: Creativity and the Future of the Liberal ArtsMichael Shanks and Connie SvaboAfterword. The Age of ConnectednessLeo LambertAppendix 1Appendix 2ContributorsIndex