Some academic fields, however, have sustained enrollment declines for years, including the broad category that encompasses four-year liberal arts and sciences/general studies and humanities programs.

Liberal arts education—the concept of using reason and evidence to determine the truthfulness of knowledge—can help them develop the ability to succeed despite, or even because of, challenges.

Liberal arts vs. workforce needs is ongoing conversation in higher education. Debate about the value of liberal arts is nothing new.. Advocates argue that disciplines like English, history and ...

The value of a liberal arts education lies not just in the degree earned, but in the habits of mind and heart developed. At Saint Ben’s and Saint John’s, we cultivate curiosity, encourage deep ...

A liberal arts education can provide you with this hidden superpower: an interdisciplinary and well-rounded base of knowledge that is strong in critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving.

Liberal education and the liberal arts have fallen on hard times of late. And if we think there’s reason to resuscitate and revive them, and still a window in which to do so, we better not rely ...

It shows that those with a liberal arts education have a more than 60% chance of landing in the top two highest tax brackets in the U.S. Realizing the importance of a comprehensive education, I ...

The skills gained from a liberal arts education — problem-solving, flexibility, creativity — will become increasingly important to employers in years to come. As these skills become more valuable, so ...

Vander O.B. Ritchie ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a History and Philosophy concentrator in Leverett House. Harvard is supposed to be a liberal arts institution — but the arts are getting ...

Matt vandenBerg is among the country's youngest university presidents and leads Ohio Wesleyan University with the values he ...

Medical schools, writes Whitla, have become increasingly more aware of the importance of liberal arts backgrounds. But at Harvard, at least, the students have not; in 1949, 47% of those who went ...

Accordingly, when we speak of ‘liberal arts education’ in the discussion which follows,… we wish to be understood as meaning non-vocational and non-professional education.… Throughout history, various ...