In Germany, . . . where practical life is as mindless as mental life is impractical, no class in civil society has any need or capacity for general emancipation until it is forced to it by its immediate condition, by material necessity, by its very chains. Where, then, is the positive possibility of German emancipation? Answer: In the formation of a class with radical chains, a class in civil s...

Multicultural Mathematics aims to strengthen and expand students’ understanding of fundamental mathematics—number systems, arithmetic, geometry, elementary number theory, and mathematical reasoning—through study of the mathematics of world cultures. In addition, the course is designed to explore the connections between mathematics and the arts, to engage students’ imagination and creativity, an...

On December 3, the Teagle Foundation convened a group of 20 participants to Rockefeller Center. The gathering was exploratory and presented as a way of exploring in depth the relationship of one discipline to wider issues in liberal education. Participants included faculty at the junior and senior levels, a graduate student, several deans, a provost, those on boards of institutions supporting a...

From the Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan; Department of Clinical Pathological Biochemistry, Doshisha Women’s Collage Liberal Arts, Kyotanabe, Kyoto; Division of Metabolism and Biosystemic Science, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan; and Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kanaz...

This article describes how a small liberal arts college library created a digital library using existing staff and financial resources. The Hekman Digital Archive (HDA) was created using a digital media archive module of the library’s integrated library system, and is maintained by one library staff member with the help of numerous student assistants.

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Harvey Mudd College is an undergraduate liberal arts college that emphasizes science, engineering, and mathematics. The college enrollment is just under 800 students, and we have 82 full-time tenure-track faculty. Harvey Mudd is located in Claremont, CA, 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Harvey Mudd is a member of the Claremont Colleges, which include five undergraduate and two graduate institution...

Occupational therapy lacks a consensus regarding its theory base, technical tools, contribution to society, ethical stance, and relationship to medicine. This study proposes steps to achieve a new consensus and to resolve the crisis focus on entry-level education. The proposed steps include the critical assessment of the educational foundation for practice, the recognition that a liberally educ...

unicipal solid waste (MSW) landfills impose externalities on surrounding neighborhoods. Consequently, numerous laws have been enacted in order to promote a competitive interstate trade in MSW that takes such externalities into account. In principle, the externalities can be regulated via command-and-control of landfill technology and disposal practices; imposition of disposal taxes; or via a sy...