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  2. Liberal education - Wikipedia

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    Liberal Education. 90 (1). Association of American Colleges and Universities: 8– 13. ISSN 0024-1822. Freeland, Richard M. (Winter 2009). "Liberal Education and Effective Practice: The Necessary Revolution in Undergraduate Education". Liberal Education. 95 (1). Association of American Colleges and Universities: 6– 13. ISSN 0024-1822.

  3. Political views of American academics - Wikipedia

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    A 2020 study asked participants to read the abstract of 194 psychology papers and judge which political side (if any) the findings seemed to support. The researchers found no relationship between perceived political slant and replicability, impact factor, or the quality of the research design.

  4. Liberalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to James Reichley, liberalism took on its current meaning in the United States during the 1920s. In the 19th century and the early 20th century, the term had usually described classical liberalism, which emphasizes limited government, religious freedom, and support for the free market.

  5. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. Education in the United States of America National education budget (2023-24) Budget $222.1 billion (0.8% of GDP) Per student More than $11,000 (2005) General details Primary languages English System type Federal, state, local, private Literacy (2017 est.) Total 99% Male 99% Female 99% ...

  6. List of American liberals - Wikipedia

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    American liberals are proponents of Modern liberalism in the United States. This ideology combines ideas of civil liberty and equality with support for social justice and a mixed economy . According to Ian Adams, all major American parties are " liberal and always have been.

  7. Political ideologies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Radical Republicans supported liberal reforms during Reconstruction to advance the rights of African Americans, including suffrage and education for freedmen. [21] White supremacy was a major ideology in the southern states, and restrictions on the rights of African Americans saw widespread support in the region, often enforced through both ...

  8. Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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    Virtually every American Patriot read his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense, [6] [7] which catalyzed the call for independence from Great Britain. The American Crisis was a pro-independence pamphlet series. Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution.

  9. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American education, democracy, and the Second World War (2007) online; Geiger, Roger L. The History of American Higher Education: Learning and Culture from the Founding to World War II (Princeton UP 2014), 584pp; encyclopedic in scope online; Geiger, Roger L., ed. The American College in the Nineteenth Century. Vanderbilt University Press. (2000).