Sentences with phrase «liberal studies points»

I believe that the contemporary student generation's concern for freedom in higher education and their recognition of the slavishness of much of what goes by the name of liberal studies points toward the need to restore the lost element of leisure in the life of learning and to renew the conviction that understanding contains its own rewards.

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But in theory at least, any field, any book, any course of study, presented in the right way, can provide an entry point for the awakening of a desire for liberal learning.

I suspect that the liberal / conservative divide itself is a factor in these declining numbers, and yet the divide grows with every new disconcerting study as liberals and conservatives point at one another and yell, «It's your fault!»

As Wade Clark Roof points out in a recent study, this neglect will lead to «a crisis of plausibility» resulting in alienation of growing numbers of persons and finally in the church's representing a very small minority (Community and Commitment: Religious Plausibility in a Liberal Protestant Church [Elsevier, 1978], pp. 6 - 9).

The authors point out that family and twin studies have revealed strong genetic influences both for liberal - versus - conservative views and for people's sensitivity to threat.

Our findings are consistent with those of a recent study by Richard Patterson and Robert Patterson, which found that in - class computer usage reduces academic performance by between 0.14 and 0.37 points on a four - point grade scale among undergraduate students at a private liberal - arts college.

Hage received his bachelor's degree in liberal studies and elementary education from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA and his master's in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL..