2014 Technology in Liberal Arts Education Are the liberal arts becoming less pertinent and less respected in society today due to technology? Technology is taking over every college student’s life for writing research papers‚ doing the research‚ and many other non college related activities such as social media. Technology could produce a loss of liberal arts education because of its rapid growth. Technology could also motivate more students to take part in liberal arts because it is so far
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Liberal Arts‚ and the Advantages of Being Useless| 1 Nicholaos Jones Department of Philosophy University of Alabama in Huntsville nick[DOT]jones[AT]uah[DOT]edu 1 Introductory Remarks The trees of the mountain bring their own destruction. The oil in the lamp burns itself. The cinnamon tree is edible‚ so it is cut down. The varnish tree is useful so it is cut apart. All know the advantage of being useful‚ but no one knows the advantage of being useless. - 莊子 [Zhuangzi] (364-290 BCE)‚ Zhuangzi‚
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12/11/2012 Higher Education and its purpose Education is always one of the most important parts of society‚ since it has close relationship with the development of the next generation and the future of the country. Along with the development of society and the improvement of technology‚ the meaning of education is becoming more and more important. Currently‚ the question of the purpose of higher education has drawn the public’s attention. A many people insist that higher education should teach students
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The Purpose of Higher Education Throughout years the purpose of college has been argued by many. Higher education gives students a better shot at finding a job‚ especially at this day and time. Higher education is best defined as a means to make students more employable‚ after all statistics show the more educated the more employed. Students will also learn the skills needed in their field‚ making them more desirable to the field of work. Colleges also have a wide variety of studies for the student
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William Landsheft The Purpose of a College Education The reason that most people go to college is to make them more marketable to future employers. As we see our economy in dire financial straits we see record number of people entering colleges across the nation‚ such as Drury for one example. But a college education is about much more the just the foundations for your career. It is the building blocks for the rest of your life and will make you better‚ different then you are now. It will transform
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Liberal Arts Improves Us for Society Rarely are we fortunate to get a glimpse into a brilliant mind as it grows closer to its inevitable super nova burnout and self-destruction. Before David Foster Wallace took his life in 2008‚ he gave us an insight into his personal hell with the “Kenyon Commencement Speech” in 2005. During this commencement speech he discusses the use of a broad base knowledge curriculum that transforms people into understanding and productive citizens. I agree that a liberal
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had six children (only one survived). In 1871‚ he was appointed as a collector of the octroi of Paris‚ collecting taxes on goods entering Paris. He started painting seriously in his early forties‚ and by age 49 he retired from his job to work on his art full-time. Rousseau claimed he had "no teacher other than nature"‚[3] although he admitted he had received "some advice" from two established Academic painters‚ Félix Auguste Clément and Jean-Léon Gérôme.[10] Essentially he was self-taught and is considered
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Purpose of American Education Synthesis Essay According to U.S. manufacturers‚ forty percent of all seventeen-year-olds don’t have the math skills and sixty percent lack reading skills to hold a production job at a manufacturing factory. This fact should be an indicator that American educational system is not producing the young adults that are capable of surviving in our society today. Education is failing at achieving its purpose of preparing students to succeed in American society through experiences
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The Purpose of the High Education Aristotle‚ one of the greatest ancient philosophers‚ said that the roots of education are bitter‚ but the fruit is sweet. Many people hope to go to college or university‚ despite the fact that it’s a hard work. There must be a purpose of the hard work of high education. I believe that the purpose of high education is to live meaningful life‚ by allowing them to acquire knowledge‚ identity and a successful job. The purpose of the high education is to live the
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Liberal Education’s main purpose in not only to train someone for a specific position‚ but also to create or develop skills that can be utilized in any profession. However‚ I believe that the liberal arts are under pressure and in danger in today’s society. The threat that is overwhelming Liberal Education is cuts in programs and funding in private and public schools. Liberal‚ as defined in Fareed Zakaria’s In Defense of Liberal Education‚ is a Latin word which means “of or pertaining to a
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