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title: 'The New Departure in College Education'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1885-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 4'
- 'Colossians 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1885-the-new-departure-in-college-education
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# The New Departure in College Education

James McCosh criticizes Harvard's "new departure," defending a disciplined classical college curriculum that trains the mind, cultivates morals, and resists dilettantism and materialism.

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