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Scott, Barbara Ann was born on January 3, 1937 in New York City. Daughter of Richard W. and Lia (Varell) Scott.
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This volume is a timely and provocative analysis of the crisis provoked by the devaluation of the liberal arts and sciences in colleges and universities in the United States, which has accompanied the growing popularity of practical and professional programs of study. This technicization of higher education's curriculum has also coincided with declining academic standards and a growing crisis of literacy among today's students. The new emphasis on developing useful knowledge and marketable skills, the book contends, has been at the expense of nurturing critically aware and intellectually able citizens through an education enriched by the liberal arts. The editors of this book have assembled a distinguished roster of academicians who provide illuminating critical commentary on these interwined issues and wide-ranging alternatives for recovery of higher learning. The first part of The Liberal Arts in a Time of Crisis explores the politics and ideology underscoring the development of curricular policies and pedagogical trends in colleges today. Some of the fallout of these new policies has been rampant anti-intellectualism among students and increasingly narrow and esoteric research specialization among faculty. In the concluding sections, contributors examine the shortcomings of the literacy crusade currently being organized by the educational establishment and provide workable guidelines for refocusing the curriculum and revitalizing the learning process. All those concerned with these issues will find this book invaluable.
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Feminist peace activist Sociology educator
Scott, Barbara Ann was born on January 3, 1937 in New York City. Daughter of Richard W. and Lia (Varell) Scott.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Pembroke College, Brown University, 1958. Master of Arts in Sociology Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, New School for Social Research, 1979.
Elem teacher The Harley School, Rochester, New York, 1958-1961, Poughkeepsie Day School, 1968. Instructor sociology State University of New York, New Paltz, 1973-1979, assistant professor, 1979-1984, associate professor, 1984—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002. Co-organizer, co-chairman intercollegiate conference Liberal Arts in a Time of Crisis, 1981.
Visiting scholar Center Defense Information, Washington, 1986-1987, member advisory board, consultant. Speaker FLACSO University Havana, Cuba, 1993, Camaguey, Holguin, Cuba, 1994.
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Founder, coordinator Mid-Hudson chapter Educators for Social Responsibility, 1983-1987. Trustee Shoreline Foundation for Folk Literature and Art, Branford, Connecticut, since 1983. Alumni speaker Graduate Faculty New School for Social Research, 1977.
Delegate Salvador/United States women-to-women dialogue sponsored by Foundation for Compasionate Society, Cuernevaca, Mexico 1989, delegate conference on Media in a Time of Crisis, Sweden, 1989, delegate conferences on Women and Peace in Crete, Greece (1992) on women Refugees in a Time of War (Athens, Greece, 1994) and on Media in Wartime (Athens, Greece, 1997), expert group of United Nations Division of Advancement of Women, meeting on women in public life, Vienna, 1991. Speaker various symposia. Member of American Association of University Women (Issue Focus grant 1988-1989), Peace and Justice Studies Association, International Advisory bd of Radio for Peace International, International Action Center, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Association for Humanist Sociology (speaker annual meeting 2001), American Sociological Association, World Federalist Association, War Resisters League, International Peace Research Association (delegate to 25th Annual Conference Netherlands 1990, chair North America section, women and peace commission 1990-1991, Malta 1994), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Josiah Bartlett Page, June 8, 1958 (divorced 1975). Children: Evan Bartlett, Eric Scott.