Using the experience of the University of Illinois at Springfield 's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the as a foundation for discussion, this paper addresses the provision of student support services to distant students within the context of development and expansion. Specific issues for consideration include: integrating student support functions with institutional technology and infor...

Undergraduate public health and global health studies are usually found at universities with graduate programs in the disciplines. Following the experience of teaching a short course in global health within the liberal arts, we reviewed global and public health offerings at 50 liberal arts colleges for the 2009-2010 academic year. Forty-two percent had a track, concentration, or program, and 30...

Liberal arts education, also referred to as general education, provides students with knowledge, skills and values that enhance their ability to participate in society and to use their minds effectively. In most jurisdictions, however, paraprofessional education has not included any significant component of general education; programs remain, for the most part, focused on technical “know-how,” ...

Addressing Carsten and Worsfold's (2000) assertion that online learning eliminates the possibility for "liberal learning," the author of this paper describes the context and guidelines for an online discussion assignment that he used as a faculty member at a liberal arts college. The purpose of this assignment was to help students engage in personal development by examining the ways course cont...

This paper will describe how applications in a variety of disciplines can enhance the teaching of the CS1 course. Examples will be given from a range of disciplines, including mathematics, economics, linguistics, history, biology, art and music. The applications will be linked to the computer science concepts being discussed. Such an approach broadens the appeal of the introductory course and a...

VOLUME XXXIX—No. 19 ^ ^ " " TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1966 By JOSH MILLS Every Liberal Arts student at the College will have a voice in deciding faculty tenure and promotions under a plan approved Thursday by Faculty Council. The program, which is expected to go into effect next May, will give students "a voice in decision-making at the College for the first time," according to Professor Louis Long (Stu...