POINT OF VIEW

Taking the True Measure of a Liberal Education

By STANLEY N. KATZ

How should we think about assessment in general education — or what we sometimes call liberal education — in the pluralistic environment of American higher education? "General education" is notoriously vague, but I mean attempts on the part of four-year colleges and research universities...

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