Once-Communist Countries Make Way for the Liberal Arts

An American curricular tradition flowers in Eastern Europe

From the hilltop in Jinonice, a neighborhood on the outskirts of this city, the church spires and medieval squares that make the Czech Republic capital such a tourist destination are plainly visible.

Here in Jinonice itself, the physical surroundings are more typical of the former Soviet bloc, the low hills crowned with uniform, concrete housing towers, skirted by highways and concrete plazas. Jinonice's architecture,

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