Welcome to the Villanova Center for Liberal Education Website

The VCLE began as an extension of the former Core Humanities Program, which was created in 1992.  in recent years the VCLE has expanded from not only housing the Augustine and Culture Seminar (the two-semester seminars that introduce all first-year students at Villanova to the humanities and the life of the mind), but also to other activities such as the sponsorship of faculty development workshops and scholarly conferences, and the publication of an academic journal (Expositions: An Interdisciplinary Journal in the Humanities) as well as a book series on the thought of St. Augustine (Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation).

The VCLE strives to fulfill the mission of the University by providing a collegial atmosphere where students can search for knowledge in open, intelligent, responsible, and mutually respectful interaction of varying points of view within a community comprised of student- and teacher-scholars. Furthermore, the Center also fulfills the mission of the College, which exists to provide an atmosphere of responsible learning to a varied group of students who will be called to intellectual, moral, and professional leadership.

For more information on the Villanova Center for Liberal Education, please contact John A. Doody, Ph.D., Director of the Center, at 610.519.7325.