\u201cThe liberal arts always situate graduates on the road for success. More Fortune 500 CEOs have had liberal arts B.A.s than professional degrees. The same is true of doctors and lawyers. And we know the road to research science most often comes through a liberal arts experience. Now more than ever, as employment patterns seem to be changing, we need to engage the public on the value of a liberal arts degree in a more forceful and deliberate way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The title of the article is \u201cLiberal Arts II: The Economy Requires Them<\/a>\u201d and it is a companion piece to \u201cLiberal Arts I: They Keep Chugging Along<\/a>\u201d also in today\u2019s Inside Higher Ed<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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Consider this the \u201cquote of the day.\u201d It is from an article on the Liberal Arts in Inside Higher Ed by Richard A. Greenwald: \u201cThe liberal arts always situate graduates on the road for success. More Fortune 500 CEOs have had liberal arts B.A.s than professional degrees. The same is true of doctors and lawyers. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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