Liberal Education

Education Unplugged: Learning Through Conversation

Michael Roth | Posted 04.23.2012

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Michael Roth

One of the wonderful things about teaching through conversation is that we get to help our students unplug from the inputs they have customized to reinforce their own tastes, expectations and identities.

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Now That You've Been Accepted: How to Choose Your University

Michael Roth | Posted 04.08.2012

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Michael Roth

The thousands of students traveling with their families across the country this month will go to classes and athletic contests, musical performances and parties. And they will ask themselves: Can I see myself as part of this community? Would I be happy here?

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A Small But Solid Victory for Liberal Education

Jim Sleeper | Posted 04.06.2012

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Jim Sleeper

The Yale-NUS college train has left the station, according to this spin, and while some dissidents may have hoped to derail it by dancing a dance of protest, those who understand how the world really works will now get on with doing that work.

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The Showdown Over Liberal Education at Yale

Jim Sleeper | Posted 04.13.2012

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Jim Sleeper

The very survival of the new global economy and public sphere depends on colleges like Yale standing somewhat apart from "the arts and sciences of career management" that markets and states have insinuated increasingly into their training at places like Yale.

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Politics as Usual: Decoding the Attacks on a Liberal Education

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 02.26.2012

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Mark Anthony Neal

Few university courses generate much attention from mainstream media, but Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson's course "The Sociology of Hip-Hop: Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z" has drawn national attention.

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A Liberal Education: Preparation for Career Success

A.G. Lafley | Posted 02.05.2012

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A.G. Lafley

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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Midnight in America: Renewing the Pantheon

Michael Roth | Posted 08.16.2011

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Michael Roth

I am hopeful that those who will shape the future will also have cultivated the ability to renew the pantheon of great work from the past -- to travel through different times and places to renew the possibilities for alternative futures.

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Good and Risky: The Promise of a Liberal Education

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Roth

The rise of inter-disciplinarity has not diminished the hyper-specialization in the academy, and the resultant pursuit of status through esoteric language has deepened the gulf between humanists and the public.

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Coming to the Defense of Liberal Education

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Roth

Patient and persistent critical inquiry has never been as crucial as it is in these uncertain economic times, and the development of this capacity is one of the defining features of a liberal education.

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Freeman Foundation Scholars: Liberal Arts from an Asian Perspective

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Roth

While we in the U.S. debate the merits of investing in education as part of a short-term stimulus package, it is instructive to see how much value Asian students attribute to an American education.

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What's a Liberal Arts Education Good For?

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Roth

A quick look at several members of President-elect Obama's leadership team can stand as an example of how those with a liberal arts education are shaping the future of our society.

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You Aren't Just Losing Teachers

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonah Lalas

I came to college obsessed with creating the perfect resume to get into law school and get that six figure salary job. It was the leftist professors who challenged me to question my view of the world.

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Colleges Change As Liberal Professors Retire

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" in front of Columbia University's library in 1968...

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