Liberal Arts

Why Colleges Should Offer a Three-Year Option

Michael Roth | Posted 05.24.2012

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By no means is the three-year option for everyone. But if we can offer families the same quality undergraduate degree at a significantly reduced total price -- and I think we can -- why not do it?

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New Era Ahead for Liberal Arts Education

Daniel Weiss | Posted 05.22.2012

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America's higher education system is under siege. Changes in economics, technology, demographics and attitudes regarding the relevance of a college degree are forcing many institutions to rethink the way they operate.

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Silicon Valley Offers Humanities PhDs Some Solid Advice

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.17.2012

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This year's second annual Bibliotech conference at Stanford University offered solid advice. Here are some soundbites from Silicon Valley industry experts.

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The Liberal Arts for the 21st Century

Jeff Abernathy | Posted 05.02.2012

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Liberal arts colleges cannot be satisfied with simply being what they have been. I am suggesting that our greatest opportunity is to re-imagine what the liberal arts college can be for our society and for the world.

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Only at Oglethorpe

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall | Posted 04.19.2012

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When our students march across the stage in three weeks to graduate, there will be a personal story for many of them that will come to my mind as I shake each one of their hands.

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Derek Jeter To Receive Honorary Doctorate For His Charity Work

Posted 04.17.2012

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Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter might be a game-changer on the baseball diamond. And, according to Siena College in Albany, N.Y., he's making noteworthy...

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Should We Force Our Kids to Major in Science or Engineering?

Karin Kasdin | Posted 04.16.2012

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A liberal arts education allows us to learn to think for ourselves. Armed with knowledge and experience in a variety of social contexts, we don't become mere receptacles of ideas.

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Does It Matter Where You Go To College? Probably Not.

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.13.2012

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A designer degree doesn't matter nearly as much in the long run as the things a student does while getting that piece of paper -- especially the activities and jobs between classes and during the summer.

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The Meaning of College

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.09.2012

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Is higher education just an expensive form of job preparation? Or is it about learning about the world and about yourself?

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A Disturbing Trend

Jared Moffat | Posted 05.27.2012

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Amid a struggling economy and a ballooning student debt crisis, parents and students are reevaluating the merits of a college education. There is no simple answer, because the return on investment depends on what you study.

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Analytical Mind No Longer Valued

The Daily Beacon | Posted 05.27.2012

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There is really no question that academia has become far more enamored with GPA and a set of extracurricular activities than the actual development of an independent intellect. A system that promotes only the mere semblance of learning has become embedded in our culture.

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A Plea for the Liberal Arts

Kinne Chapin | Posted 05.21.2012

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When we choose to value utility over passion in choosing a major, we waste a learning opportunity. We waste the chance to become more intricate thinkers with a broader base of knowledge.

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Too Personal Statements: Too Outside the Box?

Liz Davis | Posted 05.06.2012

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How do future generations of college applicants make their essays stand out? Be part of the five percent: the cream of the crop, the monotony-breakers or the next Hemingway.

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The Decline and Rebirth of the Liberal Arts

Nathaniel Whittemore | Posted 05.02.2012

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And as people, even with degrees, have a harder and harder time finding jobs, the question becomes: is higher ed worth it? A whole new world of startups have launched to create learning alternatives to formal higher ed.

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Josh Radnor On 'Liberal Arts,' 'Twilight' And 'How I Met Your Mother'

The Huffington Post | Mike Ryan | Posted 03.27.2012

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It's hard to say why, but there seems to be a hesitation on the part of popular society to accept Josh Radnor as a filmmaker. While his co-stars on "H...

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Advancing the Liberal Arts in and Beyond the Classroom

Robert Eisinger | Posted 02.18.2012

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The odious phrase "the real world" assumes that the university is unlike the world of blue and white collars. But the private and public sectors are not replete with multiple choice exams.

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Science, Technology and Values in Undergraduate Education

Michael Roth | Posted 02.13.2012

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We are connecting our schools to the worlds of public life, the economy and the broader culture.

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A Liberal Education: Preparation for Career Success

A.G. Lafley | Posted 02.05.2012

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As a former CEO with more than 30 years in management, I can offer the following advice: pursue a liberal arts education. For most people, it's the best foundation for a successful career.

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What Higher Education Can Learn From Steve Jobs

Brian Rosenberg | Posted 01.09.2012

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Steve Jobs, in one of his less profane moments, might have called an educational system devoid of the liberal arts, like a computer or a phone or a music player devoid of both beauty and functionality, "a piece of crap." I can't say that I disagree.

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Social Sciences Can Lead to Successful and Fulfilling Employment

Lee Higdon | Posted 12.20.2011

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Uncertainty in global markets and advances in technology demand adaptability and creativity. Problem-solving, critical thinking and communication skills have never been more crucial.

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To Governor Rick Scott: What Anthropologists Can Do for Florida

Rachel Newcomb | Posted 12.13.2011

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If Governor Scott wants to send the anthropologists out of state, along with other liberal arts majors, India and China may have a place for them.

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Bringing Career Planning into Liberal Arts Classrooms

Nathan O. Hatch | Posted 12.05.2011

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A college's ultimate responsibility is to help students clarify their sense of self. We do them a disservice if we ignore their future working life as they discover their talents, passions and convictions.

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Bartleby the Scrivener Convinced Me to Pursue Journalism

Krystie Yandoli | Posted 11.27.2011

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Upon my return to campus, I was faced with the inevitable question and ultimate paradox for all students: should I follow my true passion, or take the job that pays? That's where Bartleby comes in.

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Higher Learning, Citizenship And The Pursuit Of Values

Arnold M. Eisen | Posted 07.26.2011

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It seems obvious to many of us that support for higher education is essential to meeting the challenges we face as a nation and to making sure that we are equipped to embrace rather than shrink from change.

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Yale Goes Global

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 05.31.2011

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NEW YORK -- The classic liberal arts curriculum, long made available at Yale University's New Haven, Conn., campus, is about to traverse the Pacific O...

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