LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Transylvania University recently continued its national conversation about liberal arts colleges through a seminar called Twenty-first Century Liberal Education: A Contested Concept.<\/p>\n
The Transylvania Seminar included 22 faculty participants from schools as far away as Middlebury College in Vermont and Wesleyan Nebraska University. Sessions ran July 23-25.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith its historical prominence, Transylvania is the ideal university to continue to host the collaboration of distinguished scholars to examine the sustainability of liberal education in this century,\u201d said Laura Bryan, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the university. The public was invited to the seminar\u2019s two public talks.<\/p>\n
\nSeamus Carey<\/p>\n
Transylvania University President Seamus Carey spoke on \u201cLess is More: The Challenge of not Over-Administering the Liberal Arts.\u201d Carey came to Transylvania in July of 2014 after four years as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Sacred Heart University. He also was the chairman of Manhattan College\u2019s philosophy department.<\/p>\n
\nJeff Freyman<\/p>\n
Jeff Freyman, professor emeritus at Transylvania, spoke on \u201cHumanizing the Subject: Thoughts on a Curriculum for Liberal Education in the Twenty-First Century.\u201d Freyman taught courses in comparative and international politics from 1980 until his retirement in 2014.<\/p>\n
The seminar also provided faculty participants an overview of liberal education throughout history and invited them to apply its principles to courses they teach at their own schools.<\/p>\n
Among the seminar\u2019s other topics were \u201cReconnecting the Liberal Arts with the Natural Sciences and Mathematics\u201d and \u201cEntertaining Possibilities: Unconventional Allies and Approaches to Liberal Education.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bryan stressed the importance of discussing and debating the theory and practice of liberal education. \u201cAlthough its tradition has been contested, the preparation of globally responsible citizens in a contemporary society is necessary now more than ever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The seminar coordinators were John Svarlien, professor of classics; Ellen Cox, associate professor of philosophy; and Liz Corsun, associate professor of English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Transylvania University recently continued its national conversation about liberal arts colleges through a seminar called Twenty-first Century Liberal Education: A Contested Concept. The Transylvania Seminar included 22 faculty participants from schools as far away as Middlebury College in Vermont and Wesleyan Nebraska University. Sessions ran July 23-25. \u201cWith its historical prominence, Transylvania is the ideal university to continue to host the collaboration of distinguished scholars to examine the sustainability of liberal education in this century,\u201d said Laura Bryan, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the university. The public was invited to the seminar\u2019s two public talks. Seamus Carey Transylvania University President Seamus Carey spoke on \u201cLess is More: The Challenge of not Over-Administering the Liberal Arts.\u201d Carey came to Transylvania in July of 2014 after four years as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Sacred Heart University. He also was the chairman of Manhattan College\u2019s philosophy department. Jeff Freyman Jeff Freyman, professor emeritus at Transylvania, spoke on \u201cHumanizing the Subject: Thoughts on a Curriculum for Liberal Education in the Twenty-First Century.\u201d Freyman taught courses in comparative and international politics from 1980 until his retirement in 2014. The seminar also provided faculty participants an overview of liberal education throughout history and invited them to apply its principles to courses they teach at their own schools. Among the seminar\u2019s other topics were \u201cReconnecting the Liberal Arts with the Natural Sciences and Mathematics\u201d and \u201cEntertaining Possibilities: Unconventional<\/p>\n