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Narrating the Public Liberal Arts: An Exploration of General Education and the Humanities Sequence

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“It’s an opportunity to reflect on who you are as a person, and the world you’ve inherited—to look at the world and look at yourself with different lenses: let’s look at the world from the perspective of an African American who has just escaped from slavery. It’s the value of empathy and value of understanding. I think a good humanities curriculum will emphasize those values”
Understanding Empathy and Diversity through the Liberal Arts

Posted on November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 by John Panus
A topic that came out of most of our conversations—in more or less explicit language—was the value of empathy and the value of understanding and promoting diversity.  When we asked Professor Behr... Read More

A focus on current events: “I think it’s necessary to the course.”
Should the humanities sequence be centered on contemporary social issues?

Posted on November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 by John Panus
Currently there are several ideological and pedagogical debates surrounding the Geneseo humanities sequence: second only to the battle over the canon, the debate over whether or not the humanities sho... Read More

“it’s really not out of a conservative western point of view, but really, you have to be academically responsible”
The Humanities Reading List and the Liberal Arts

Posted on November 11, 2016November 29, 2016 by John Panus
In our very first interview for this project, we spoke at length with Professor Asher about the Western canon and the attempt at Geneseo to make the humanities sequence a more global course.  Profess... Read More

“we’re clearly in an era of constrained resources for higher education”
How does funding affect the liberal arts at Geneseo?

Posted on November 11, 2016November 29, 2016 by John Panus
Because the humanities sequence is taught largely by adjuncts, funding was a large part of our conversations.  Professor Asher, the director of the humanities at Geneseo, described very succinctly ho... Read More

“with the growing push toward STEM and to have graduates be employed post-graduation, I feel like the idea of these thoughtful world citizens being nurtured in their four or five years here is something that’s really being left at the wayside”
Discussions on the liberal arts environment

Posted on November 11, 2016December 16, 2016 by John Panus
Throughout our conversations with the faculty and students at Geneseo, our interviewees were certain that liberal arts institutions are unique environments; this uniqueness, it seems to us, is a resul... Read More
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