| Thursday, July 15 |
| Welcoming reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. |
Plenary
Session |
The Liberal Arts as a Coal Mine: Assessing the Canary’s Cough
John Seery, George Irving Thompson Memorial Professor of Government and Professor of
Politics, Pomona College
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| Friday, July 16 |
| Session 1 |
The Historical Evolution of the Concept of Liberal Education |
| Session 2 |
The Classical Tradition in the Twentieth Century: Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Session 3 |
The Rival Tradition: John Dewey |
| Session 4 |
The Classical Tradition Redux: Allan Bloom |
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| Saturday, July 17 |
| Session 5 |
The Purpose of Liberal Education: Varieties of Individual Development |
| Session 6 |
The Purposes of Liberal Education: Varieties of Individual Development |
| Session 7 |
The Varieties of General Education: Beyond Distributional Requirements |
| Session 8 |
Modernizing Liberal Education |
Plenary
Session |
Liberal Education in a Technological Age
Randall Bartlett, Professor of Economics, Smith College
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| Sunday, July 18 |
| Session 9 |
The Value of Useless Education |
| Session 10 |
The Future of Liberal Education |
| Seminar will conclude at 11:30 a.m. |
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| Seminar coordinator and director of the Center for Liberal Education at Transylvania University: |
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Jeffrey B. Freyman,
professor of political science |
