Liberal education

students often question a liberal arts education, not realizing the knowledge, wisdom, or virtue it could provide. Many believe a liberal arts education gives you more economic freedom, unlike a degree engineered toward their specific future careers and endeavors. Because of these practices, liberal arts education offers more than just a degree. In fact, the term liberal means freedom; complemented by noble, well-rounded, or moral open-minded character. A liberal arts education gives you the…

Why is it an important aspect of a liberal arts education to be able to think from the perspective of others? In what respects does such an ability help one better cope with life? What ideas or experiences from courses and extra-curricular activities are assisting you to empathize with others and think from different perspectives? What steps might you take to better develop this ability? Need to think from the perspective of others because the world does not revolve around one person.…

initiative to add Art education to STEM, thereby making STEAM. Some schools say the A is for Agriculture, but the trend is towards Art in STEM education. On the other hand, STEM, with or without liberal arts integrated, is not all that it’s cracked up to be. There are so many things that make a liberal arts education more important and beneficial than a STEM education. For example, liberal arts aren’t specialized. Many people believe that STEM should be preferred over liberal arts because STEM…

Liberal Education Newman (1996) called for a liberal education to develop all-round student. According to him, university was a place for the intellect excellence. However, many universities misinterpreted the accumulation of knowledge alone as intellect training. Though admitting knowledge’s underlying role in education, Newman underscored that the intellect was more than storage of knowledge. The true intellect excellence, which requested students to recognize and process the implicit…

David Foster Wallace postulates that the true value of an education lies in that education teaches an individual to think. He states that an education gives one the ability to consciously decide how they will perceive the world around them. Hendrix’s motto reflects similar values, and reads, “Unto the whole person.” In choosing this phrase as a reflection of the institution, Hendrix makes a commitment to cultivating graduates that are more than intelligent. In doing so, the institution…

In “On the uses of a Liberal Education” Mark Edmundson discusses his experiences while teaching at the University of Virginia and how colleges and colleges students are changing for the worse. Edmundson starts off by telling the reader about evaluation day: a day when students are able to critique his teaching skills. Although for the most parts he gets good reviews, he wants something else out of the students. Edmundson explains to us that he, “want(s) some of them to say that they have been…

re-imagining liberal education, “but the only way to develop curiosity, sympathy, principle, and independence of mind is to practice being curious, sympathetic, principled, and independent” (536). Menand’s point describes an experience all students should want to gain through liberal education. Liberal education provides students with depth in all studies and broad knowledge for the real world. College education needs to be flexible with students possible passions being a top priority, liberal…

and accomplishment. While there are a variety of means to achieving such principles, one of the most commonly chosen paths is secondary education. Over 65% of recent high school graduates chose to go to college for at least some amount of time. Many colleges and universities across the nation use what people have coined liberal education. This type of education is supposed to provide a broad base on all subject matters. In an attempt to not only provide students with more knowledge but to also…

What is a liberal arts education? William Cronon (to me) gave the best description of a liberal arts degree and what makes a student liberally educated. Cronon stated that “Freedom and Growth; are values when we speak of a liberal education” (5). I believe that to be liberally educated you must be able to grow on things you 've learned, branch out in a sense. It’s not about how you learn, it’s what you learn and how you use what you learn that makes you liberally educated. Many people ask why a…

Reader Response Essay-Liberal Education Every year students prepare themselves vigorously to successfully be ready for the journey they are about to embark on: their college years. These years are the ones where one is supposed to find themself, but also be successful and happy with what they are choosing as their journey in life. These adventures, achievements, and accomplishments are considered to some, a Liberal Education. What truly is considered a Liberal Education? It seems as though…