Education in the Western World: Looking Toward the Year 2000.

Ling, Dwight L.

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Education in the Western World: Looking Toward the Year 2000

Ling, Dwight L.

International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 13, 1, 25-32, Sum 77

A call is made for a close examination of the basic ideals of Western civilization as a key to its preservation. Considered are: Western distrust of institutions, education and individual rights, urban crises, need for informed citizenry, problems of the disadvantaged, and importance of liberal arts education. (LBH)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, College Role, Educational Responsibility, Futures (of Society), Liberal Arts, Postsecondary Education, Relevance (Education), Social Responsibility, Sociocultural Patterns, Western Civilization

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