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Suppose that Mr. Gallup or Mr. Harris were to put this question to a random sample of the literate American public: “Where, in your opinion, is the most lively innovation in college programs of study to be found?” I suspect that few in the sample would respond promptly, “The University of Kansas.” And yet I might so respond.

It’s not that most undergraduates at Lawrence, Kansas are roused in mind and conscience by their curriculum: far from it. But some three hundred of them are. They are the students of Pearson College, which has existed within the University of Kansas for the past two-and-one-half years, thanks particularly to a modest grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Suppose that Mr. Gallup or Mr. Harris were to put this question to a random sample of the literate American public: “Where, in your opinion, is the most lively innovation in college programs of study to be found?” I suspect that few in the sample would respond promptly, “The University of Kansas.” And yet I might so respond.

It’s not that most undergraduates at Lawrence, Kansas are roused in mind and conscience by their curriculum: far from it. But some three hundred of them are. They are the students of Pearson College, which has existed within the University of Kansas for the past two-and-one-half years, thanks particularly to a modest grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.