Liberal Education, Spring, 2018
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Spring2018Vol.104No.2

The 2018 Annual Meeting: Can Higher Education Recapture the Elusive American Dream?

Covering a wide array of topics—democratic engagement between universities and communities; diversity, inclusion, and free speech; moving Beyond the Skills Gap; and how DREAMers can access the American Dream—this issue features articles based on sessions at AAC&U’s 2018 Annual Meeting: “Can Higher Education Recapture the Elusive American Dream?”

Table of Contents
President's Message

In Pursuit of Quality and Deliberative Democracy

By Lynn Pasquerella

From 1818 R Street

From the Editor

By Kathryn Peltier Campbell

Featured Topic

Of Mutual Benefit: Democratic Engagement between Universities and Communities

By Nancy Cantor

When Core Values Collide: Diversity, Inclusion, and Free Speech

By Pareena G. Lawrence

Beyond the Skills Gap: How the Vocationalist Framing of Higher Education Undermines Student, Employer, and Societal Interests

By Matthew T. Hora

Nudges, the Learning Economy, and a New Three Rs: Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection

By José Antonio Bowen

Perspectives

DREAMers Accessing the American Dream: Their Academic and Civic Engagement Outcomes

By Yusuke Kuroki and Henoc Preciado

The Indispensable Work of Community Colleges: The Conversations We Should Be Having

By Matt Reed and Kate Drezek McConnell

Targeted Harassment of Faculty: What Higher Education Administrators Can Do

By Joan Wallach Scott

My View

"Confronting the 'Mess'": Embracing Vulnerability to Amplify Students' Voices

By Alexandra B. Reznik

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