What does a liberal arts education mean for Harvard students today?

University Wire;  March 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......lurks beneath Harvard's facade as a liberal arts institution: students attend Harvard...Lowell praised is now referred to as "liberal arts"-a well-rounded curriculum that attempts...across the board, the popularity of the liberal arts -- which has no direct professional...

Liberal Arts college is largest at CSU, gets smallest share of tuition

University Wire;  March 2, 1998 ;     544 words ......Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts is the largest college on campus, yet...Hoffert, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Science-based colleges such as engineering...more to educate a science major then a liberal arts major. Members of the college considers...

Distinctively American: the liberal arts college.(Distinctively American:...

Daedalus;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Patents on the traditional mission of liberal arts education have expired. Generic versions...marketplace, meanwhile, the undiluted liberal arts experience is battling the pressures...the future of independent residential liberal arts colleges. However, their impact is compounded...

Liberal arts, vocations begin to meld on campus

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 1, 1988 ;     520 words ......program or, as she prefers, a major in the liberal arts? A. The nation needs civilized workers...but a student should understand that a liberal arts education is preparation for the nonvocational...adjustment and responsible citizenship. Liberal arts is not to the business milieu ...

Liberal Arts Tweaked to Round Out Résumés

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;  October 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......students at the quintessential Vermont liberal arts school - nearly one in six - had picked...that mimic real-world problem solving. Liberal arts colleges make a passionate case that...with variants of the same question: Can liberal arts colleges maintain the distinctive education...

For pity's sake, major in liberal arts: Economies can't function without...

Charleston Daily Mail;  February 18, 2002 ;     593 words ......Committee three weeks ago and dissed liberal arts, the e-mail group discussions at Marshall...many college students are opting for liberal arts and education instead of fields such...officials should start talking kids out of a liberal arts education while they're still in ...

In defense of a liberal arts education

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  December 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......explain or advocate for the notion of a liberal arts education. Most often, the query takes this form: What is it that makes a liberal arts education valuable or, put directly...with an undergraduate degree in the liberal arts and science and about its relevance...

COLUMN: If A&M wants to improve rankings, it must strengthen liberal arts

University Wire;  April 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Liberal arts play a vital role in the higher education...universities have a strong foundation in liberal arts. The study of humanities played a great...President Robert M. Gates should take liberal arts into greater account with Vision 2020...

Yes, a liberal arts education can be productive

The Boston Globe;  November 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ......when I found myself, a president of a liberal arts college, stammering defensively when...that?" That, suggesting an unemployable liberal arts major. And, going to do, questioning...approximately 400,000 new college graduates with liberal arts majors, some 34 percent of all new ...

MARY LOUISE PETERSEN CHAIR PASCARELLA-LED STUDY FINDS NOT ALL LIBERAL ARTS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Many people extol the virtues of a good, solid liberal arts education, but what specific, measurable benefits...questions in a new, refereed monograph titled "Liberal Arts Colleges and Liberal Arts Education: New Evidence on Impacts." Among...

Liberal Arts Majors Are 'In'.

HRMagazine;  February 1, 2000 ;     571 words ...Parents of liberal arts majors are probably sleeping more...employers to take a closer look at liberal arts students. According to the National...employers, by necessity, are turning to liberal arts graduates. The National Association...

Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts College. (Book...

Journal of Higher Education;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Distinctively American: The Residential Liberal Arts College, edited by Steven Koblik and...universities. Consequently, residential liberal arts colleges came to represent a smaller...nation can still be found at residential liberal arts colleges. Moreover, these institutions...

Liberal arts: The key to the future

USA Today;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......broad arts and sciences orientation, liberal arts programs will become more pragmatic...FUTURE, a classroom- and experience-based liberal arts education will be the core of the post-hi...opportunities will find their roots in a liberal arts curriculum that will combine a transfer...

Northwestern U. liberal arts majors have hope for after graduation

University Wire;  January 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......very directed." The job search for liberal arts majors often takes a different path...it often is harder to track where liberal arts graduates end up," Dunlap said. More than half of 2005 liberal arts graduates -- 59 percent -- had found...

Why liberal arts are important

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 14, 1987 ;     406 words ......cheer for Vito Vittore's attack on the liberal arts (Letters, June 2). He is right when...college students consider their mandatory liberal arts classes a waste of time. There is a...separating vocational training from the liberal arts altogether instead of trying to provide...