On Principle and Practice in General Education: A Bibliography of Earl J. McGrath. Public Administration Series: Bibliography P-1104.

Overview & Synopsis

A bibliography of approximately 160 materials authored, coauthored, or edited by Earl J. McGrath from 1931 through 1980 on principle and practice in general education is presented. Specific topics include the following: student enrollments at church-related colleges; values and American higher education; careers, values, and general education; the future of the liberal arts college; student governance and disorder; the merits of small colleges; the college president as an innovator; the liberal arts college's responsibility for the individual student; universal higher education; institutional survival of independent liberal arts colleges; the special mission of the church-related college; characteristics of outstanding college teachers; the crucial importance of the humanities in a science-dominated world; the graduate school and the decline of liberal education; liberal education in the professions; revival of interest in foreign languages; academic freedom and academic responsibility; mission of vocational education today; national problems in education; education and the productive citizen; educational television; educational development in the United States in 1950-1952; higher education and public policy; community colleges; education of college teachers; future of science in liberal education; the humanities and social science in general education; general education in the postwar period; liberal education and business; liberal education and music; liberal education and engineering; and liberal education and pharmacy. (SW)