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The Path to Equity
Inclusion in the Kingdom of Liberal Arts
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2023
Summary
Coplin has been saving students from the damage done by the bait and switch business model of the liberal arts programs for fifty years. The bait promises career preparation and the switch is to teach undergraduates how to be scholars. He demonstrates how the Kingdom of Liberals Arts programs are based on an elitist attitude that is harmful to most undergraduates who value career preparation over love of learning. This elitism leads to increased anxiety for college students and a college completion rate lower than the worst high schools in the U.S. He shows how the elitism does not serve equity and inclusion but does the opposite. He demonstrates that the harm is not just confined to undergraduate education but to many socio-economic conditions in American society. The Kingdom has contributed to a K-12 education system that sends too many students to college and prevents the resources needed for careers without a college education. It shares some of the blame for the lack of skill and semi-skilled labor in this country. Coplin ends on a positive note by showing that some progress in transforming the Kingdom to an institution that serves its undergraduates has occurred but much more needs to be done. He suggests three most important structural changes need to quicken the pace of change and contribute to, rather than prevent, equity and inclusion.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-7132-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-7134-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
144
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 Knowledge Over Know-How No access
Chapter 2 Flawed Evidence No access
Chapter 3 The Incredible Bait Machine No access
Chapter 4 Benjamin Franklin Is a Petite Bourgeoisie No access
Chapter 5 Dale Carnegie Is Not College Material No access
Chapter 6 The Student Prince Warning No access
Chapter 7 The Hereditary Kingdom No access
Chapter 8 What’s in a Name No access
Chapter 9 The Liberal Arts Religion No access
Chapter 10 “Dumbing Down” Is Dumb No access
Chapter 11 Commoners Vote with Their Feet No access
Chapter 12 The Anxiety Machine No access
Chapter 13 Career Services to the Rescue No access
Chapter 14 Experience Credit Ambivalence No access
PART IV Societal Damage No access Pages 77 - 78
Chapter 16 Unskilled Citizens No access
Chapter 17 Too Many Thinkers; Not Enough Doers No access
Chapter 18 Equity Denied No access
Chapter 19 Change PhD Education No access
Chapter 20 Reform Lower Division Coursework No access
Chapter 21 Undergraduates As Responsible Citizens No access
