{"product_id":"redefining-liberal-arts-education-in-robert-e-luckett-9781496833174","title":"Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century","description":"Contributions by William D. Adams, Sarah Archino, Mario J. Azevedo, Katrina Byrd, Rico D. Chapman, Helen O. Chukwuma, Monica Flippin Wynn, Tatiana Glushko, Eric J. Griffin, Kathi R. Griffin, Yumi Park Huntington, Thomas M. Kersen, Robert E. Luckett Jr., Floyd W. Martin, Preselfannie W. McDaniels, Dawn Bishop McLin, Lauren Ashlee Messina, Byron D'Andra Orey, Kathy Root Pitts, Candis Pizzetta, Lawrence Sledge, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, Joseph Martin Stevenson, Seretha D. Williams, and Karen C. Wilson-Stevenson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRedefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the essential nature of the liberal arts in America today. During a time when the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and math dominate the narrative around the future of higher education, the liberal arts remain vital but frequently dismissed academic pursuits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While STEAM has emerged as a popular acronym, the arts get added to the discussion in a way that is often rhetorical at best. Written by scholars from a diversity of fields and institutions, the essays in this collection legitimize the liberal arts and offer visions for the role of these disciplines in the modern world. From the arts, pedagogy, and writing to social justice, the digital humanities, and the African American experience, the essays that comprise \u003ci\u003eRedefining Liberal Arts Education in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e bring attention to the vast array of ways in which the liberal arts continue to be fundamental parts of any education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an increasingly transactional environment, in which students believe a degree must lead to a specific job and set income, colleges and universities should take heed of the advice from these scholars. The liberal arts do not lend themselves to the capacity to do a single job, but to do any job. The effective teaching of critical and analytical thinking, writing, and speaking creates educated citizens. In a divisive twenty-first-century world, such a citizenry holds the tools to maintain a free society, redefining the liberal arts in a manner that may be key to the American republic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Luckett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496833171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496833174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Robert E. Luckett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993540624639,"sku":"9781496833174","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f6ce930-3d10-409d-9ac6-e97d2784f379.jpg?v=1683324900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/redefining-liberal-arts-education-in-robert-e-luckett-9781496833174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}