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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term “liberal arts” is one of the most misunderstood terms in the public discourse on higher education today. A higher ...

W hat do you do with a major in French? Or philosophy, history, or English? This is the question at the heart of all the challenges that now bedevil liberal-arts departments on campuses across the ...

Faculty members and other supporters of the liberal arts gathered at Ursinus College last week to debate what liberal education is and how best to attract students to it. At a conference on such ...

Recent developments have reignited scrutiny of liberal arts education, from a Drexel student's critique of inaccessible academic jargon to survey data showing high regret rates among liberal arts ...

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Beyond government, the legacies of ideological liberalism lie in education and what are referred to as liberal arts ...

Political polarization, a widening chasm between opposing viewpoints, has permeated every facet of American society, casting a long shadow over the nation’s future, including its ability to engage ...

The term “liberal arts” is one of the most misunderstood terms in the public discourse on higher education today. A higher education expert once said that putting the words “liberal” and “arts” ...

Among the many crises we face in the United States, the chief one is that we don’t know how to be free. Far too many students (and adults) think of liberty not as a condition requiring virtue and ...

I did not begin to seriously doubt the value of my liberal arts education until Hampshire College announced its closure last week. As a recent Review article assured us, Oberlin College and ...