Frank, let me make two points: (1) Liberal education is a vanishing species at American campuses where the emphasis is more and more upon specific career preparation; universities have catered to student (and student family) preferences by becoming vocational technical schools in too many cases. As a university instructor, I see the good old fashioned liberal arts education fading, fading, fading away. (2) Your link provides readers with only the introductory portion of the article, reserving the remaining whole to subscribers.
Frank, let me make two points:
ReplyDelete(1) Liberal education is a vanishing species at American campuses where the emphasis is more and more upon specific career preparation; universities have catered to student (and student family) preferences by becoming vocational technical schools in too many cases. As a university instructor, I see the good old fashioned liberal arts education fading, fading, fading away.
(2) Your link provides readers with only the introductory portion of the article, reserving the remaining whole to subscribers.
Try a Google News search for "Why Liberal Education Matters." The link provided by that should be to the full text.
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