June 20, 2008

The Most Important Reasons for Liberal Education

To the Editor:

Stanley N. Katz's "Taking the True Measure of a Liberal Education" (The Chronicle, May 23) raises some provocative issues with regard to the assessment of liberal education. His assertion that "if we are to have meaningful assessment, we shall need to assess something more precise than 'liberal education' and broader than student performance in courses" stakes out a welcome middle ground between reductionist standardized measures and the outright rejection of attempts to

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