The Liberal Arts :Why Choose Liberal Arts?

Why Liberal Arts Education Matter? There is a phenomenon that the number of liberal arts college is declining, which means we are losing liberal arts education. Recently, more and more students focus on scores and getting a degree instead of improving themselves comprehensiveness. Many students think the college degree is more important than knowledge and skills, that’s why they ignore the study of liberal arts. Like Tony Woodcock (2015) said: “the Liberal Arts are considered an irrelevance”

Liberal Arts Education Good or Bad? William Cronon’s Article “Only Connect…” The Goals of a Liberal Education is about his view about a liberal arts education. In his article Cronon states the values in character that a person with a liberal arts education possesses. His views however are obscured. Cronon believes that there are certain values that set liberal arts educated people apart from other people. When looking at the values one can see that any person could hold these values not just those

start with what exactly the liberal arts are “The term comes from the medieval concept of the artes liberalis, the seven liberal arts that were appropriate for a free man to pursue, verses artes illiberalis or artes mechanicae which were pursued for economic purposes and involved vocational and practical arts, which prepared young persons to become weavers, blacksmiths, farmers, hunters, navigators, soldiers, or doctors. The seven liberal arts included three basic arts focused on developing a felicity

The Art of Liberal Arts “I can’t go to a liberal-arts college. My parents are conservatives!” I told my eighth grade 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, the writer explains wrong ideas about the liberal-arts to a college-based audience including students, professors, and administration. He explains the importance and relevance

both liberal arts and vocational programs in the education system. In “Preparing for a Career” Bok’s main idea he engraves into the essay is the fact that vocational and liberal arts program should consolidate into one program to produce better, prepared, hybrid students. Bok throughout the essay continues to explain the characteristics liberal arts and vocational programs contain by putting himself in their perspective views. As Bok’s essay progresses so do his views on vocational and liberal arts

The use of a liberal arts degree is considerably useful and you should certainly strive towards one. The professor in this essay believes that the perception of getting a liberal arts degree is commonly misconceived as being a degree for hobbies and not for the workforce. The argument centers around the many uses of a liberal arts degree that offer people multiple opportunities for them to find a career. The point of this essay is to evaluate and provide facts of the uses of these degrees and how

State poet laureate (“WA Poet Laureate.” Humanities Washington) and teacher at Gonzaga University Tod Marshall wrote a compelling piece titled “Arts education integral to learning” (Arts education, Marshall). Marshall makes a simple claim addressing the often undersold importance of the arts education. The main point conveyed in this opinion is that art and the subjective side of study builds more practical skills than the objective study. As a STEM student myself I find his analysis interesting

Liberal Arts and Business Connection At first glance liberal arts and business may seem to have no real connection but the underlying education and skills taught allow them to work well together. In an article entitled, Dimension of Precariousness, discussed being entrapped in a career or profession that lacks passion. The article stated that, “Entrapment can be considered as the long-lasting condition and weak part of young-adult independent professional beyond the first stages of their careers

A Look at the Liberal Arts The essay “A New Liberal Arts,” which was written by Sanford Ungar, first appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on March 5, 2010. In his essay, Ungar uses many different rhetorical strategies to convince his reader that a degree in the liberal arts is not a lost cause but can actually be very beneficial and lead to success. In Ungar’s opinion, there are many wrong ideas and misunderstandings about the usefulness of a degree in the liberal arts. In the essay

and debated about are liberal arts education, and vocational education. Does one have more advantages that the other? Or are both in moderation more beneficial to students? After researching, and reading many articles, and journals, I’ve comprehended that many authors support liberal arts, and want it to be incorporated into our education system because it helps students tremendously. In contrast, there are also authors that disagree, and believe that choosing a liberal arts education is a mistake