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Issue Spring 2022

Flight to Freedom: The mission to aid endangered scholars around the globe

Today’s world is an increasingly unsafe place for many scholars. This issue’s cover story looks at how colleges and universities can be lifelines for them. Also inside: Competitive sport as a liberal arts major, community engagement lessons from George Floyd square, freedom of expression and inclusion, and more.

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A Minor Theme

Lessons from Virginia Tech’s revitalized general education curriculum

By Stephen Biscotte and Rachel Holloway

Virginia Tech students attend a poster session for the Pathways General Education course, Earth Resources, Society and the Environment, fall semester 2021.

Magazine Research Corner

Get Out the Student Vote

Data from the 2020 elections to help campuses get students to the polls in November

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Careers and the Liberal Arts

A course to help students develop real-world skills and build confidence

By Rosanna Perotti

Magazine President's Note

Of Transcendent Value

What we can learn from the past to defend academic freedom today

By Lynn Pasquerella

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Image of cover of Liberal Education Spring 2022 with bird grasping curly cue string in beak

Spring 2022

Flight to Freedom: The mission to aid endangered scholars around the globe

VOL. 108 NO. 2

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Safe Haven

The rescue of science and learning amid global threats

By Allan E. Goodman, James Robin King, and Martha J. Kanter

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A Moon Shot for Diversity and Accessibility

Shared governance is needed for meaningful change

By Ana Brown, Lisa K. Hanasono, Mary-Jon Ludy, Jennifer Q. McCary, M. Elise Radina, Jolie A. Sheffer, and Sheri Wells-Jensen

Magazine Feature

In the Wake of Multiple Pandemics

Community engagement lessons from George Floyd Square

By Tania D. Mitchell

A crowd gathers at George Floyd Square in April 2021 after police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering Floyd.

Magazine Student Voice

Far from a War-Ravaged Home

On campuses everywhere, Ukrainian students struggle with the mental strain of Russia’s invasion

By Volodymyr Zhukov

Image of Volodymyr Zhukov (right) with his family at home in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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A Shared Commitment

Higher ed must prioritize students’ involvement in politics and civic life

By J. Cherie Strachan and Lori Poloni-Staudinger