Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Editor's Notes -- 1: The Landscape of the Liberal Arts -- The Liberal Arts -- Community Colleges -- The Value of the Liberal Arts -- References -- 2: What Happened to the Liberal Arts? -- The Schools' Original Purpose -- External Agencies and Agendas -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Two-Year Humanities: "Let Me Count the Ways" -- Expectations and Realities -- Goals and Objectives, Theory and Practice -- Learning Through Affect -- Freedom to Choose -- Critical Reading: Literalism, Context, "What-If" -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: A President's View on the Importance of the Liberal Arts in Community Colleges -- The Purpose of a College Education -- The Presidents' Views of the Liberal Arts. -- The Value and Purpose of the Liberal Arts in a Community College -- Transfer Programs and the Liberal Arts. -- The Liberal Arts and Career Programs. -- Accrediting Organizations and the Liberal Arts. -- Career Classes Subsidized by Liberal Arts Classes. -- The Liberal Arts and Lifelong Learning. -- The Value of the Liberal Arts for All Students. -- The Role of the President in Promoting the Liberal Arts -- Suggestions for Presidents -- Choosing the Right Faculty -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Why Community College Students Need Great Books -- Are Community Colleges Just Vocational Schools? -- Why the Great Books Are the Answer -- The Pedagogical Value of the Great Books -- Common Knowledge and Shared Experiences -- What Modern Cognitive Science Says -- The Objections to a Great Books Curriculum Are Misguided -- Training for Life -- References -- 6: Discovering History at the Community College -- History Courses at Community Colleges: Challenges and Goals -- Addressing the Shortcomings of the History Survey -- Image and Place: The Fourth Dimension in 3-D -- Images. -- Places. -- Walking Tours.

Beyond the Classroom "Box" and Back: Public History, Service Learning, and Oral History -- Acting Up in the Classroom: Historical Drama and Re-Acting to the Past -- Modeling Learning: Community College Historians and Research -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Loving All Your Neighbors: Why Community Colleges Need the Academic Study of Religion -- References -- 8: How Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Programs Prepare Students for the Workforce and for Life -- Why Teach Liberal Arts in Our Community Colleges? -- How Community Colleges Teach Liberal Arts -- Interdisciplinary Learning -- The Course. -- The Program. -- The Seminar. -- The Link. -- Other Modes. -- Hybrid Courses. -- Internship and Service Learning Programs. -- Other Options. -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: A 21st-Century Humanities for the Community College -- The Past and Beyond "Post" -- Toward a Dialogic Future Within Communities -- Critical Conversations With Students and Beyond -- References -- 10: Sources on Liberal Arts in the Community College -- Theoretical Underpinnings and Student Impacts of the Liberal Arts -- National Associations -- Index.