Defense of the Liberal Arts
What critics of a liberal arts and sciences education are missing
In John Stossel's recent column, "What everyone's afraid to say about college and jobs," he fails to mention that an education in the liberal arts and sciences creates pathways to a productive, meaningful and engaged life.
Science is for understanding. The humanities find happiness in knowledge
“How am I to be happy, or, more philosophically: how am I to live?”
Want a Great Employee? Hire a Liberal Arts Major
Feb. 20, 2018 – Randall Stross, Ph.D., is on a mission. He wants more employers — including tech companies — to rethink hiring only college graduates in what he calls the “applied majors,” which include engineering, business, economics, and nursing, among other fields. Dr.
This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession with science and tech
During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio made the dubious (and grammatically unsound) assertion that “we need more welders and less philosophers.”
Bill Miller clearly disagrees with the Florida senator.
