Professor details flaws in American education in speech at the University of Montana. “The Crisis of Education in America”

Liberal arts may be too liberal for the good of students, history professor and author Patrick Allitt told University of Montana faculty and students Monday.

Allitt is director of Emory University’s Center for Teaching and Curriculum in Atlanta. While much of his expertise is in following how intellectual ideas like conservatism or communism mutate when translated into governments and social movements, he said his recent research into educational policy has drawn considerable public interest.

By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian

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