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Liberal Education for Everyone — Transforming Professional and Liberal Arts Programs

Consensus is emerging that all students, whatever their major field or chosen college or university, need a broader set of skills and an expanded base of core knowledge to be prepared for work and citizenship. But how can colleges ensure that all students achieve essential learning outcomes — whether they major in a traditional liberal arts and sciences field or a professional field?

On Thursday, September 11 at 1 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed presents Liberal Education for Everyone — Transforming Professional and Liberal Arts Programs, a one-hour audio conference with Carol Geary Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Dr. Schneider will discuss AAC&U’s Liberal Education and America’s Promise initiative, proposing a set of “essential learning outcomes” and practical ideas for achieving them. The presentation will cover:

• The evolution of the idea of “liberal education.”
• What student outcomes are most important — for work, citizenship, and personal development.
• Strategies colleges are using to achieve these outcomes.
• The importance of college students applying their knowledge in real-world settings.
• How these ideas play out both in liberal arts and professional education settings.

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The Liberal Education for Everyone — Transforming Professional and Liberal Arts Programs audio conference is ideal for provosts, academic affairs officers, deans, assessment officials, career services officers and student affairs administrators.

The presentation will last 30 minutes, followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer session with Dr. Schneider. The Liberal Education for Everyone — Transforming Professional and Liberal Arts Programs audio conference costs $199 for a single phone line — listen yourself or with a group around a conference table. Register early, by September 3, and pay just $149. For additional information, please e-mail lori.holtz@insidehighered.com or call 202-659-9208, x 116.

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To order a recording, please call Lori Holtz at 202-659-9208, x 116 or e-mail lori.holtz@insidehighered.com — you’ll receive a link via e-mail to the download-able audio file and PowerPoint presentation. Audio conference recordings cost $35 for participants, $125 for non-participants. Please identify the conference you’re interested in by name:

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