Liberal arts

Nearly 70 years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt begged the question: “How well prepared are we to live in a world that has constantly grown smaller and where we must rub shoulders with people of different cultures, of completely different customs and habits and religions, who live under different legal systems, whose languages are different?” (qtd. In Christ). The world students live in today is more globalized than ever, and it is only becoming more so. Students are offered hundreds of exchange programs…

your dreams. Unfortunately, this isn 't always the case if you happen to obtain a degree involving liberal arts. A common debate involving education is whether or not liberal arts are worth teaching anymore. They have been shown to be very narrow with expanding education as it all comes down to facts rather than experimentation such as science or mathematics. A college degree in a subject of liberal arts is not worth it as most people can 't put it to good use as it diminishes an open mind, the…

Wells-Barnett’s quote, I thought Jamila Lyiscott’s spoken-word essay, “Broken English”, also demonstrated how their own version of liberal education embedded in them to survive in America because of our many languages. The languages are distinguished between our homes, talking with friends and speaking at school/work. Lyiscott says, “…when it comes to enunciation and diction I don 't…

many aspects such as why so many students feel the need to further their education, when to focus on the liberal arts in a child 's education, and whether all students have the mental capacity to attend college. He then questions if acquiring a degree is necessary for all jobs and comments on the labels that come with not pursuing a higher education To begin with, Murray suggests that a liberal arts education should be taught to students at a young age and should be the foundation of their…

education system is changing, if we continue doing nothing about the lack of wanting to be challenged and motivated towards school, there will be a negative change. In the book, From Inquiry to Academic Writing, pages 389-403, Mark Edmundson says that liberal education is very important and necessary for students to learn. It’s a way to prepare us…

towards the life around them, equip an individual with the knowledge necessary to pursue their career choice, and also allow young individuals to discover their purpose in life while maturing into a whole individual. Gaining the perspective of a liberal arts education is extremely valuable in today’s society. Longwood University…

pursue an education as a means to get a “better” job and make more money. So I ask again, what is the meaning of life? According to Seneca, pursuing an education as an end to making money is unworthy. This can be seen in his letter entitled, On Liberal and Vocational Studies, where he explains, “I have no respect for any study whatsoever if its end is the making of money. Such studies to me are unworthy ones” [Seneca pg17] . Some…

purposes for the individual, and the benefits to society, in mind, certain subjects should be taught to individuals in order to prepare them for reaching these goals after they graduate. Through the offering of professional development courses, a liberal arts education and omitting some unnecessary requirements (like physical education) to free up space for more beneficial courses, students would be benefitted and this purpose of higher education would be achieved.…

. . do better on the C.L.A. . . . while the students who score the lowest and improve the least are business majors.” They say that there can be many reasons for this, liberal arts students take more classes that involve reading and writing. They also are much more selective when it comes to picking out their colleges, which means they are “prepared academically” which “makes them more likely to…

First of all, the most important academic skill I have developed during English 111 is my writing. In the beginning of English 111 my writing was quite inadequate, “To use what they have learned from their Liberal Arts Education”. My example sentence lacks explanation of who is using their Liberal Arts Education. Therefore, making it much more difficult for the reader to understand who I am writing about. However, after a great amount of help from the students/faculty of English 111, I have…