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Liberal Arts Degree vs. Specific Program of Study
With today’s employers focusing largely on technology, liberal arts degrees can still be very valuable. Liberal Arts degrees tend to focus on building skills that are necessary for any job/career field. These include: the skill to communicate effectively, the ability to analyze a problem and come up with a solution, and the ability to work together effectively in teams.
These are all skills that employers love to see in a potential employee. In fact, as many as 80 percent of employers that participated in a national survey conducted by Concordia College asserted that “all college students should acquire broad knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences”. Conversely,