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Vocational Education in Liberal-Arts Colleges

by Algo D. Henderson - 1943

The traditional function of the liberal-arts college has been to conserve and pass on the cultural heritage and "to promote the development of the student's intellectual powers." As defined by an outstanding college, Williams, the curriculum "consists of two well-defined parts: (1) the general and introductory courses of the first two years and (2) the advanced and more specialized courses of the last two years."

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This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 42, No. 1.

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 44 Number 9, 1943, p. 423-434
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 20428, Date Accessed: 9/24/2020 4:47:11 PM

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Algo Henderson Antioch College E-mail Author ALGO D. HENDERSON is the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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