liberal arts Archives

PERSPECTIVES: “The University Hasn’t Always Been Merely a Pathway for Getting a Job”

"How can we gain knowledge and wisdom as a society when we are only seeking content and computations?"

by Future U/ September 3, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Twelve of the College’s 56 programs will be discontinued. Low enrollment is the reason. “None of UVM’s faculty, students, or …

by Future U/ December 6, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

Case in point: Adrian College (MI). Read details at MLive.

by Future U/ August 31, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is president and CEO of TIAA. His commentary on the importance of the liberal arts was …

by Future U/ May 9, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

It’s at Wheeling Jesuit University. To make financial ends meet, the university announced that it will cut all but eight programs. …

by Future U/ March 28, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

At UC, the core curriculum is organized around four essential questions: What should matter to me? How should we live …

by Future U/ October 15, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Issued jointly with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Read and sign.

by Future U/ May 31, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Is it new? Is it the liberal arts? What are the implications? Questions abound about curricular makeover led by President …

by Future U/ May 2, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

“Eero Arum: the university has always ‘distinguished itself from other institutions of higher learning by insisting that education is not …

by Future U/ April 11, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Pesky data get in the way of beliefs. Read more from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ April 20, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Stacey Henson is thankful for her liberal arts education. Read more here.

by Future U/ April 5, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

Thoughtful article by Stephen Pearlstein from The Washington Post. Read it here.

by Future U/ September 3, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

In the never-ending saga of displacing a liberal arts education with “something practical,” a liberal arts ed is the thing you don’t want to …

by Future U/ June 30, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Recent study reexamines an age-old question. Read more below.

by Future U/ March 19, 2016/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

One answer: turn to the business world for executive leadership. That strategy didn’t work at Mount St. Mary’s University.

by Future U/ March 14, 2016/ Perspectives, Society/