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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Liberal art schools work well with the idea of students sharing their own opinions. Westminster college is a place for students to share opinions with one another and be accepted. Over the course of the past month the election has a lot of students feeling uncomfortable with the political outcome. Following the presidential election students began to react immediately. On November 8‚ Donald Trump was elected president-elect of the United States. Many students took directly to social media to express
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are valuable in today’s society‚ specifically if Liberal Art Degrees are “worth it”. People who earn Liberal Arts Degrees have less job opportunity and security than those who major in skill specific labor such as engineering or the healthcare field. Graduates who major in skill specific labor are more likely to find a job that requires their degree than those who major in Liberal Art Studies. The liberal arts spectrum covers broad subjects in arts and sciences which leaves many employers confused
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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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Definition of the Liberal Arts As the world has become more technologically‚ economically‚ and scientifically oriented‚ the education of future generations has changed with it and has become more focused into three fields: technology‚ economy‚ and science. With the intellectual focus being turned toward the sciences and mathematics‚ students and teachers have both moved away from the liberal arts‚ leaving them forgotten. Recently‚ there has been a desire to restore the liberal arts to education‚
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vocational utility. This kind of learning is not only one of the enrichments of existence; it is one of the achievements of civilization. It heightens students’ awareness of the human and natural worlds they inhabit. It makes them more reflective about their beliefs and choices‚ more self-conscious and criticising‚ speaking‚ critical and logical thinking. Law schools report that by the yardsticks of law review and grades‚ their top students come from math‚ classics‚ and literature‚ with political
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Administrative Studies Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies York University Fall 2013 Course Outline AP/ADMS 4552 3.0 Section A and B Information Systems Audit Term: Fall 2013 COURSE: AP/ADMS 4552 3.0 Sections A and B Information Systems Audit Schedule First day of class: Section A: Wednesday‚ September 11‚ 2013 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM‚ Location: HNE 030 Section B: Thursday‚ September 12‚ 2013 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM‚ Location: HNE 032 REQUIRED COURSE TEXT/READINGS: •
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of major may not be quite as important these days‚ because the stats prove that young graduates who majored in certain majors were less likely to find a job requiring a college degree. Many have taken jobs that do not make use of their skills‚ and about half only of recent college graduates said that their first job required a college degree. Rampbell uses data showing the number of college graduates aged between 25 to 34 and working in food service‚ restaurants and bars has risen 17 percent. Not
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A liberal arts education not only enhances wisdom and faith but also allows people to see things in their entirety. A liberal arts education is advantageous in our development progress throughout life‚ by permitting us to perceive things in their completeness. In fact‚ studying liberal arts allowed me to link the information from a particular course with previous information from liberal arts courses‚ thereby‚ availing me to obtain further fullness in my understanding. This correlation process
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The Benefits To A Liberal Arts Education Vocational colleges are faster and easier then basic college‚ however‚ vocational school are missing a very important part of education‚ liberal arts. In the article Increasing the Value of a Liberal Education‚ written by William G. Bowen‚ published in 2012 in The Atlantic‚ Bowen discusses the importance of a liberal arts education. Bowen states the benefits to a liberal art education‚ which includes the ability to solve new problems on the spot‚ lifelong
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