A liberal arts education can be defined as the study of academic subjects in the following categories; literature‚ philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and social and physical sciences. However‚ the advantage of a liberal arts education should be left to the individual to decide. According to the official website for Wheaton College‚ a liberal arts education has six main advantages. First and most important to me‚ a liberal arts education teaches us how to think. Throughout your lifetime you will be asked to
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The article‚ “On the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education” written by Robert Harris explains how vital and essential a liberal arts education can be in society. Liberal Arts is an area of study (literature‚ language‚ and history) that is set to give general knowledge rather than specific skills for a single profession (Merriam-Webster‚ n.d.). Skills that can be gained at a liberal arts institution include: critical and creative thinking skills‚ increased ability to learn new ideas‚ intelligent opinions
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The student who decides to pursue a liberal arts education in University often faces a discouraging reaction from family and friends. Everyone seems to know a B.A. in Philosophy who is flipping burgers at Wendy’s‚ or an M.A. in English who is clerking at Wal-Mart. Students who choose liberal arts hear the same remarks over and over: “What good is a degree in Medieval History‚ or Chinese literature‚ or Classics? Study something practical and get a real job!” In fact‚ however‚ no degree provides
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A Liberal Arts Education A liberal arts education provides students with a broad spectrum of information enabling them to expand knowledge and to advance society in a positive direction. This universal education provides a strong foundation of knowledge in many subjects. The students can observe the strengths and capabilities‚ as well as the limitations of each field of study. This allows the students to find connections between diverse fields of study‚ to explore them‚ and to discover new
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Having a liberal arts education is very beneficial to owning your own business. By having a Liberal Arts Education you learn many skills like the ability to think for yourself‚ also skills to communicate effectively‚ problem-solving and pattern intelligence skills. All these skills reflect on having your own business because you have to know what you are doing‚ knowing what people want‚ also know how to communicate with people and knowing how to manage your time efficiently. If you want to be an
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English 101 “The New Liberal Arts” is an article written by Sanford J. Ungar‚ who is a president of Goucher College in Baltimore‚ Maryland. In the beginning of his article‚ Ungar wrote‚ “Hard economic times inevitably bring scrutiny of all accepted ideals and institutions‚ and this time around the liberal arts education has been especially hard hit.” In other words‚ Ungar means that recent economic recessions have made a huge impact on what people think of going for a liberal arts degree. In his essay
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Xxxxx xxxx FYS 30 November 2012 The Value of Liberal Arts Education The great physicist Albert Einstein once said‚ “The value of education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts‚ but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.” Einstein further conveys that liberal studying helps develop critical thinking and analytical skills with a touch of creativity. Liberal arts education helps set a common base for worldly knowledge; it strengthens
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Can one obtain an excellent multidisciplinary/liberal arts education without studying science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ or mathematics? Students have to be prepared for a long and prosperous career in any field they are aiming for. Therefore‚ two pillars are required. One is the ability to communicate and the other is deep knowledge in at least one subject. Avoiding science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ and mathematics destroys one pillar and limits the opportunities for the students. But why has there
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In order to fully understand the benefits of going to a liberal arts institution‚ we need to have a good understanding of what a liberal arts education actually entails. First‚ a liberal arts education will often require students to develop the skills needed to be able to provide in-depth examination and critical distillation of material. A liberal arts education is defined as being a broadly based education in which students explore many different fields of study in order to gain a better working
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Liberal arts is a form of study in which the learner focuses on gaining general knowledge‚ rather than a specific skill in a specific line of work. It is designed to give the learner a more full educations. I chose liberal arts because I feel it is important to have this full education- that is‚ to be exposed to various viewpoints and sides of life that I may otherwise pass over. I was also drawn to the idea of not being limited in my studies to courses only pertaining to my major. So‚ it was both
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