Making College ‘Relevant’ --What Is The Value Of A Liberal Arts Degree?

A December 29, 2009 article in The New York Times is one recent discussion about whether a liberal arts program of study is still relevant and appropriate for most of today's undergraduate students.  According to the article, "Students are increasingly focused on how their major will translate into a job. The response to that demand is changing higher education."  Read more at:


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03careerism-t.html?emc=eta1

Also of interest...
Careeer expert Nick Corcodilos, a ΦBK key holder and graduate of Rutgers University, offers his rationale for everyone studying the liberal arts.  In an essay posted on the Phi Beta Kappa website,"Making the Liberal Arts Degree Pay Off," he talks about the value of a liberal arts education in the business community.

http://www.pbk.org/home/FocusNews.aspx?id=247

And one more voice...
From another blog, Tomorrow's Professor, "The Need for (Em)powerful Teaching," looks at an interesting course that nicely integrates the intellectual and emotional components of learning. It is by Eileen Kogl Camfield a visiting lecturer at the University of the Pacific. in Stockton, California.The article is from the Fall, 2009 issue of Liberal Education, Volume 95, Number 4. Liberal Education is a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities [http://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/index.cfm] Copyright © 2009, all rights reserved.


http://tomprofblog.mit.edu/2010/02/16/999-the-need-for-empowerful-teaching/