Judith and John Glass detail their contrasting experience with implementing humanistic education. In one case, nonsupportive colleagues and a generally uncongenial environment led to denial of tenure. In the other, successful achievement of humanistic goals was not sufficient to insure the survival of the college which was recently closed by its trustees. The article closes with an analysis of the need to arrive at a new paradigm which transcends the dualisms of our educational thinking.
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