Liberal Arts Colleges Despite popular belief‚ Harvard College was first founded‚ as an institution of higher learning in America is 1636; over one hundred years before the New England colonies officially became states (Masci). This is an example of how important education has been‚ and still is to this country today. Harvard‚ a liberal arts college‚ was also founded over one hundred years before the first state university‚ making liberal arts colleges far more experienced in the education of its’
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In the article‚ The Liberal Arts are Dead: Long Live the Liberal arts‚ David M. Whalen‚ the author states his position on the view of the liberal arts. The problem is that the liberal arts are portrayed as unimportant in the education system and in a person’s life. Whalen expresses his thoughts towards supporting the belief that the liberal arts are important‚ His intended audience are to scholars who object to the importance of liberal arts and the ones who support his view. Whalen writes an effective
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dirtiest word in the American political lexicon these days is ‘liberal.’” These words from Roger Cohen‚ a columnist for The New York Times (Cohen)‚ made this statement in the early 2000’s‚ defining liberal as politicians’ worst insult. A word often used today simply to mean easygoing can also be used as an harsh critique. The word liberal can be used for numerous purposes‚ and this flexibility can allow new meanings to develop rapidly. Liberal has gone from meaning free-minded or generous to meaning wasteful
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To me‚ the term liberal arts conjures images of impressive buildings with large stained glass windows‚ similar to the University of Michigan Law Quad. I am very well aware that liberal arts by no means has a definition that correlates to physical appearances‚ but I think the images that pop in my head strikes a deeper chord. They attest to the rigor and accomplishment of studying a liberal arts education during college. My definition of a liberal arts education is the exposure and study of a variety
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I will draw from the essay that the Liberal theory taken from "The Declaration of Sentiments" by Elizabeth Stanton demonstrates a theoretical conclusion of oppression. I will argue rather than that of “The Origin of the Family‚ Private Property and the State” written by Friedrich Engels‚ the Marxist theory fell short of offering a theoretical explanation because Engels’ prescribes for abolishment of property rights and inheritance but does not include ethnic factors in order to show a useful way
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Liberal Democracy is a contradiction in terms The term democracy comes from the Greek language and means "rule by the people". Over time‚ it has developed to sub categorize into different types of democracy such as direct‚ representative and religious. It therefore would be obvious to assume that different political views shape the way in which democracy is devised in practice. Liberal democracy shadows closely to representative. It expresses the need for free and fair elections‚ individual rights
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Applying PR in Crisis Management - 2010 Manila hostage crisis Crisis‚ which public relations counselor James Lukaszewski once described as “unplanned visibility” can strike anyone at any time. As no sector of society is immune from this “unplanned visibility”‚ it is a need for attempting to “manage” crises. By thinking logically and responding thoughtfully and quickly in a crisis‚ like how Hong Thai Travel Service Ltd reacted to the Manila hostage crisis‚ can possibly solidify a positive reputation
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Liberal arts education is unique in the sense that learning is not geared to one specific vocation‚ but rather is based on broad learning. This ‘broad learning’ is made up of several diverse courses and can potentially be geared towards many different professions. For example‚ a curriculum may include courses from literature‚ languages and art to sociology‚ mathematics‚ statistics‚ biology‚ and even economics and political science! The authors of the article Defining Liberal Arts Education aim to
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The Liberal Media Liberal is defined as promoting equality without order and the intervention of social programs. They push freedom instead of social issues. In the news we see on television daily has its own way of relaying the message. These modes of communication are either liberal or conservative. This is a form of media bias. Although most say this is a major misconception‚ and that it is a myth that these exist and there is just news but there is a spilt. All news station and television stations
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