Bucknell's Question
1934; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 5; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00221546.1934.11772593
ISSN1538-4640
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
ResumoR ECENTLY students and faculty members representing six liberal-arts colleges in the East met at Drew University to confer on local investigations and changes that had been made in the interests of a more effective process of education. The conference was definitely committed to the conviction that higher education, as it is generally conceived and administered, is not preparing young people to understand and cope with the perplexing problems of civilization, that students are not taking enough initiative in ordering their own educational experiences, and that the campus community itself is being neglected as a laboratory for learning and performing the duties of citizenship. Because of the fact that Bucknell University had been experimenting longest with a modernized program, this statement is limited to a report of recent changes there. Two professors, Leo L. Rockwell and Charles M. Bond, and Dean Miller presented papers dealing with three major issues on that campus. Changes during the past two years at Bucknell have been based mainly upon the results of a vigorous and comprehensive survey of the entire life of the University. Mr. Rockwell, chairman of the Survey Committee on the Curriculum, gave a brief account of the survey, and then enlarged upon the outcome for the curriculum. The survey was instituted in I93I, when President Rainey took office. It went thoroughly into such matters as the aims of education; the nature and effectiveness of the curriculum; students' organizations and activities; the backgrounds, interests, and personal problems of students; students' attitudes toward faculty members; and the adequacy of the religious program. Numerous recommendations grew out of the findings. Among them are the following:
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