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Liberal arts colleges aim to produce creative, critical thinking, and well-rounded world citizens, and a core curriculum that promotes a strong liberal arts education is considered to be a critical element of their work. This chapter examines different approaches to the core curriculum and high-impact strategies employed in the 13 selected cases from Asia, N. America, and Europe and makes suggestions for the future.
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Jung, I., Sanderson, S., Fajardo, J.C.C. (2019). The Core Curriculum: An Analysis of Liberal Arts Colleges in Asia, North America, and Europe. In: Nishimura, M., Sasao, T. (eds) Doing Liberal Arts Education. Education Innovation Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2877-0_2
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