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The very question – what is happening in liberal education, has a contemporaneity – something is happening – now – that represents, for better or worse, a departure from the past. We might lament this departure – what is happening in liberal education – or we might welcome it – what is happening in liberal education – but the question itself suggests a stable concept – liberal education – that is undergoing change.
A version of this essay was presented as a keynote address at the Symposium on Engineering and the Liberal Arts, Union College, May 9–10, 2008.
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Christ, C.T. (2010). What Is Happening in Liberal Education?. In: Grasso, D., Burkins, M.B. (eds) Holistic Engineering Education. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1393-7_6
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