Liberal

“Liberal arts: would you like fries with that diploma?” this quote thought up by the unknown defines the mindset of high school students considering a liberal arts college. Many will tell a person that liberal arts is not for those who want a “real” career, liberal arts is for people who are not ready to grow up. I was told by teachers in my high school that I should think more of myself when I voiced that I was considering attending Central for the next four years. I believe Cronon explains the…

Robert Flick 9/14/14 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…

Sanford Ungar argues the importance that a liberal arts degree holds today in America to those who are skeptic in his article, “The New Liberal Arts.” There are several points Ungar disproves. Ungar states that the job market was tough to crack into among all majors. Liberal arts have nothing to do with politics and can’t be related to democratic ideology according to Ungar. Several institutions that provide secondary education have liberal arts degrees which gives several opportunities for…

Liberal-arts degrees are a very controversial topic. Economists and many others tend to urge people to avoid getting a degree in the liberal-arts field based on numerous misconceptions. Ungar refutes the misconceptions in his essay “The New Liberal Arts”. A typical misconception would be that a liberal-arts degree is a luxury that only the rich can afford. Along with the misconception comes the “career education” desired by many of the rising college bound students. Ungar asserts that a…

In the article “The New Liberal Arts,” by Sanford J. Ungar he lists seven common misconceptions about liberal arts. The first misconception that Ungar states is that vocational training is a better substitute than liberal arts. He explains how students only focus on one thing now of days hoping they will get a job in that field, but don’t realize having more knowledge and experience will benefit them more. He also disputes that college graduates with a liberal arts degree will have a tougher…

The liberal arts are many things. The study of liberal arts encompasses the arts as suggested by the title, math, and certain science (such as astronomy). It is debated by some whether the study of liberal arts is a good idea or not. A student on the verge of graduating high school have the decision on what to study. Often, he is told to study for just a specific career path and not to worry so much about general studies or the liberal arts. Basically, he is told to follow a path of study that…

because we should all strive to be better citizens and more productive members of society as to improve society as a whole for each and every one of us. Nicholaos Jones, a philosophy professor from the University of Alabama in Hunstville, argues in “Liberal Arts, and the Advantages of Being Useless" that the best way to make people better…

What is Liberal Arts College? Who would even go to tiny bity schools that call themselves colleges for a degree? These were the questions that I was frequently asked by my friends while applying for colleges. These big university braggers stated that I will not have a future after Liberal Arts College. One of the universal opinions about Liberal Arts College is a type of fancy colleges for liberal and artsy students, whose parents are rich and have million spare money. After being in a Liberal…

can’t go to a liberal-arts college. My parents are conservatives!” I told my eight grade focus teacher. He laughed and then went on to explain what a liberal-arts college actually is. Like many others, I believed a common misperception about the liberal-arts. In “The New Liberal Arts” by Sanford J. Ungar, he explains seven misperceptions about the liberal-arts to a college-based audience including students, professors, and administration. He explains the importance and relevance of a…

In his 1998 article, “The Liberal Arts in an Age of Info-Glut”, Todd Gitlin advocates for an increase in liberal arts education to give students the opportunity to learn more about humanity and understand society better. Gitlin uses rhetorical questions and repetition to emphasize the points in his argument and uses contrast to highlight the differences of the common concerns of humans. By describing how liberal arts should be taught, he informs the younger generation about what they are missing…