December 9, 2005

Alma Mater in the Time of TiVo

By ANN KIRSCHNER

What does the advent of the Internet mean for the notion of the liberally educated person? What is the role of the humanities in an era dominated by technology? Ann Kirschner, founder and president of Comma International; Richard A. Detweiler, president of the Great Lakes Colleges Association; and the Rev. Charles L. Currie, president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, tackled such questions, as well as several from the audience.

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