Liberal arts college

Sanford Ungar argues the importance that a liberal arts degree holds today in America to those who are skeptic in his article, “The New Liberal Arts.” There are several points Ungar disproves. Ungar states that the job market was tough to crack into among all majors. Liberal arts have nothing to do with politics and can’t be related to democratic ideology according to Ungar. Several institutions that provide secondary education have liberal arts degrees which gives several opportunities for…

Dwayne Dazell Cassidy 05 OCT 2015 Liberal arts has been downplayed as a valid study route throughout society. Some ongoing misperceptions, stated and analyzed in this article by Sanford J. Ungar, show how some of these perceptions are formed. He argues the many different views and opinions on how liberal arts compares to other fields of study and specifically ones that lead directly to a certain career path. Never the less it is finding its way back by being incorporated into the same…

In the reading “Are Too Many People Going to College?” first published in 2008, Charles Murray argues that while the need and idea of going to college and getting a B.A. is becoming increasingly more important, not everyone needs a college education. Murray believes that any student that has already graduated from high school has already, in a sense, obtained a college education. He points out that by the time students finishes eighth grade, they should already have learned all the “core…

A Christian liberal arts education more completely prepares its graduates for life than does other education tactics, especially over a general liberal arts study. These universities seek to prepare a student for all aspects of life—wherever and whatever they may be—as a loving, Christ follower. This methodology differs greatly from those used by other institutions for higher learning. A liberal arts degree in the non Christian world focuses on laying a foundational education that will prepare…

business or any other major that isn’t liberal arts related. And should go to a school that actually related to business. The definitions of the liberal arts school in the article is, school that majors in arts, humanities and English, education, social work, and criminal justice. Yes, most likely all of three article stated that liberal arts degree are waste of time and that you aren’t going to make lot of money. I was surprise that people see liberal arts degree as waste of time. Because…

Liberal-arts degrees are a very controversial topic. Economists and many others tend to urge people to avoid getting a degree in the liberal-arts field based on numerous misconceptions. Ungar refutes the misconceptions in his essay “The New Liberal Arts”. A typical misconception would be that a liberal-arts degree is a luxury that only the rich can afford. Along with the misconception comes the “career education” desired by many of the rising college bound students. Ungar asserts that a…

president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland . He wrote “The new liberal arts”, in this essay he clarified the misperceptions of obtaining a liberal arts degree. The second author, Charles Murray works at an American enterprise institute, conservative think tank in Washington, DC. He wrote” Are too many people going to college? ” . He talks about who should go to college and who shouldn 't. Ungar clarified several misperception; the first misperception is that the liberal arts degree is…

Liberal arts is a worldwide education that offers a strong base of knowledge in several su-bjects. Liberal arts can observe the capabilities as well as the limitations of each field of study. Liberal arts lets students find connections between different fields of studies that interest them, and fields to discover new theories. Liberal arts also allows students to discover areas of interest and to make new ones by joining different subjects. This education provides students with a broad area of…

Many of my fellow college bound high-schoolers seem lost in this day and age. They pursue a field, usually with the best of intentions. They pick a college with their intended major. Nonetheless, they usually end up switching majors, or even colleges. Why is this? In many ways, it is due to a lack of commitment – not necessarily on the part of the student, but on the part of the education industrry. A lack of commitment to truth, to the great facts about life and the great questions of life. The…

Robert Flick 9/14/14 Liberal Arts Degree vs. Specific Program of Study With today’s employers focusing largely on technology, liberal arts degrees can still be very valuable. Liberal Arts degrees tend to focus on building skills that are necessary for any job/career field. These include: the skill to communicate effectively, the ability to analyze a problem and come up with a solution, and the ability to work together effectively in teams. These are all skills that employers love to…