Canons, Curriculums, Numbers

Abstract:     
Linking the increasing emphasis in public higher education on student enrollments to the decline of robust core curriculums, particularly in US public universities, I argue for a more rigorous and global core than is at present available at the majority of US universities. Student enrollments are no guide to a course's quality or to student learning and tend to be overemphasized in administrative decisions.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 6

Keywords: higher education, classics, budget cuts, public education, pedagogy, teaching, classroom, public policy

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