A Brief History Of Liberal Education Analysis

Robel Haile
Dr. Jeffrey C. Kessler
English 161
02/01/2018
Zakaria, Fared. “A Brief History of Liberal Education,” In Defense of a Liberal Education,” W. W. Norton, 2015, Pp 40-71.
In this article, “A Brief History of Liberal Education,” In Defense of a Liberal Education,” Fared Zakaria discusses the foundation of liberal education and how it has changed over the centuries. He also talks about the early method of education and included mostly hunting and like farming classes while the ruling class was learning about war and government. He also discusses the practical and philosophical by incorporating science and humanistic aspects to it. He then explains the changes throughout the century. In the 5th century, the government starts to inspire
In her 20- minute commencement speech, the first lady touched on the university’s founding in 1865 to train black teachers, the difficulties confronted by black students after emancipation from slavery and the sacrifices by her own parents, who were not college graduates. She also conversed about education issues that affect black African Americans. Obama motivated her audience by connecting to the fight for education by African Americans and the drive required to complete a higher education throughout history. Her central argument is to inspire the graduates, such as previous generations have done, to encourage future generations to care about their education, continue with higher learning, and to get them back on track if they begin to stray. Obama cites multiple statistics such as ones that declared educated African Americans live longer and make more money than those without a degree or those who have dropped out of high school. Her speech was highly motivating to black African Americans because it emphasized the importance of education. This resources will prove useful in further motivating black African American students to go to college and earn their degree in my paper.
Meyer, Glenn E. "Colleges and Gun Violence." Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law, Gregg Lee Carter, ABC-CLIO, 2nd edition, 2012. Credo Reference, http://proxy.cc.uic.edu/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/abcguns/colleges_and_gun_violence/0?institutionId=1361.
Some people think that college is the safer place, but according to Chronicle of Higher Education, college becomes more dangerous because of the gun carrying to campus, drug-related gun violence, and rampage shootings. All this gun violence makes college look not safer, but they prove college is not a different place from the other places that are not safe. The author also discusses what colleges should have done to stop rampage shootings on campus. Colleges should have taken an action and stop the students from buying firearms and carry them to campus when they see any warning signs that the students have behavioral problems. Another concern will be mental illness throughout higher education and how it contributes to gun violence. This issue addresses the mental illness policies should be implemented and should be concentered when students are permitted to receive gun. This article also integrates how helpful these policies could be or could not be. This contradiction of gun policies and gun possession policies questioned whether educators should be able to apply the second amendment. This article sums up about the concerns of gun violence on campus and implanting whether gun possession polices applicable to educators and students in higher