LIBERAL EDUCATION

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EDUCATION
Against Demonization: Intellectual Diversity And Liberal Education
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Faculty and administrators know that, in principle, if you are never asked to examine, let alone defend, your beliefs, your
COLLEGE
Pragmatic Liberal Education Matters Now More Than Ever
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
This is a fragile time for liberal education, making commitment to it all the more urgent. American universities are facing
ENVIRONMENT
Extinction and the Integrated Liberal Arts
By Michael Zimmerman, Contributor
Founder and Executive Director, The Clergy Letter Project
I hasten to point out that Benjamin was not alone in being the last of his kind to have been lost, lost not in obscurity
COLLEGE
The Presidential Election, the Liberal Arts and an Engaged Citizenry
By Michael Zimmerman, Contributor
Founder and Executive Director, The Clergy Letter Project
Their experiences obtaining a liberal education have led them down this pathway. How very different, and how far more mature
COLLEGE
Are Professors Too Liberal?
By David Moshman, Contributor
Intellectual freedom activist
Are college professors too liberal? Do we need more conservative professors? Has a lack of political diversity turned campuses into centers of liberal indoctrination?
COLLEGE
'Hamilton' and Liberal Education
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
When Alexander Hamilton's generation considered higher education, many believed it was crucial that students not think they already knew at the beginning of their studies where they would end up when it was time for graduation.
COLLEGE
Liberal Education in Tough Times
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
In today's climate of renewed economic anxiety, many are prompted to jettison this tradition of pragmatic liberal education. In search of short cuts to vocational success, they undermine students' ability to respond to changes in the economy by preparing them only for what is valued right now.
COLLEGE
Beyond Prestige: How to Choose Your University
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
The newly admitted members of the class of 2020 are now trying to decide which school will provide the best combination of resources and challenges to enable them to thrive for four years in ways that they will build on for the rest of their lives.
COLLEGE
STEM vs. Liberal Education: A False Choice
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Fears of being crushed by debt or of falling off the economic ladder are pressuring students to conform, and we must find ways to counteract these pressures or we risk undermining our scientific productivity as well as our broad cultural creativity.
RELIGION
Religious Pedagogues Should Embrace Liberal Education
By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Contributor
Educator. Author. Activist.
Today, many religious institutions have still not embraced the very notion of liberal education. There is an ongoing fear that allowing students to think for themselves will lead them towards the "wrong" options. This is a mistake.
EDUCATION
Will The University Become Extinct?
By Michael Ernest Sweet, Contributor
Writer, Photographer and Watch Collector
I say a good solid and broad education from a good top-tier university is still the best preparation not only for your working
EDUCATION
Standing Up to Fear: COP21 in Paris
By Diane White Husic, Contributor
Dean of the School of Natural and Health Sciences, Moravian Co...
Our students weren't stoic nor are they numb to the frightening problems in the world. But they do still believe it is possible to make a difference, and that belief, along with their solid liberal education, will indeed set them on the course to be transformative leaders of the future.
COLLEGE
Thoughts on Starting College for Parents of New Students
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Every year I speak to the families of new students at Wesleyan University just before they say goodbye and we start our semester. Having just dropped off my daughter (far from home) as she starts her first year in college, this was particularly poignant for me.
LATINO VOICES
Defending Liberal Education In a Technology Driven World
By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, Contributor
Executive Director at INET, Argentine Ministry of Education
The supposed conflict between science and the humanities has been blown out of proportion. Economic growth will come not so much from cheaper computer chips but rather from "constantly reimagining how computers and other new technologies interact with human beings."
EDUCATION
Cheap, Distance Learning Alternatives to an MFA in Creative Writing
By Michael Ernest Sweet, Contributor
Writer, Photographer and Watch Collector
I've known for the past year of so that I would have a special opportunity coming up in my life. Namely, time away from work
WORLDPOST
We Need The Liberal Arts More Than Ever In Today's Digital World, Fareed Zakaria Says
By Kathleen Miles
COLLEGE
Beyond Prestige: The Right Way to Choose a College
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
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?
COLLEGE
Worthy of Free Expression
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Let us remember the journalists, police and other brave souls who were killed by those who could not abide difference and challenge without resorting to murder. Let us cultivate the spirit of satire and of critique, but also of reverence and of affection, in ways that challenge the conventions of the moment.
COLLEGE
Making Education Our Cause
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Education can be your cause when you believe in empowerment through learning. Education can be your cause when you believe that inquiry and communication can lead to positive change in the world. Let's make education, a broad and pragmatic liberal education, our cause in 2015.
EDUCATION
Promoting Meaningful Education: Phi Beta Kappa Honors the Washington Consortium for the Liberal Arts
By Michael Zimmerman, Contributor
Founder and Executive Director, The Clergy Letter Project
There's also very good reason to believe that integrating the arts and sciences leads to creative breakthroughs that would
COLLEGE
The Intrinsic Value of Liberal Education
By Grant Cornwell, Contributor
President, The College of Wooster
A liberal education is an expansion of consciousness: with every book read, every natural or social system grasped, every theory put to the test and employed, we become persons with greater scope and agency.
COLLEGE
Engaged Campuses
By Daan Braveman, Contributor
President, Nazareth College
Quite often the service aspect exposes students to issues of poverty, class and race -- issues they may not observe firsthand in their lives before college or even in their lives on college campuses.
COLLEGE
Colleges Don't Need More Tests or More 'Sheep'
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Our colleges and universities aspire to help students to find what John Dewey called "the large and human significance" in their lives and work. This requires not just teaching to the test and not just parroting critiques. It requires learning to think with contexts and concepts, deploying cooperation and creativity.
COLLEGE
Is A (Liberal Arts) College Degree Still Worth It?
By Grant Cornwell, Contributor
President, The College of Wooster
Practical wisdom is the moral and intellectual wherewithal to live well, to prosper and thrive oneself, and, in so doing, to contribute to the prosperity and well-being of others. In this sense, a Wooster education is the most practical education possible in and for the world today.
COLLEGE
College Must Be More Than Just a Classy Trade School
By Michael S. Roth, Contributor
President, Wesleyan University
Sure, we must pay attention to what our graduates will do with their education, and we must give them the skills to translate what they learn in classrooms to their lives after graduation. But we shouldn't reduce our understanding of "their lives after graduation" to their very first job.
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