Why Study the Liberal Arts?

Trying to decide whether a liberal arts education is right for you? Here’s what people around the country have to say about the value of a liberal arts education

The Liberal Arts and Leadership (Inside Higher Ed, May 14, 2012)

Vocation or Exploration? Pondering the Purpose of College (New York Times, May 4, 2012)

A Coca-Cola executive shares his thoughts on the value of a liberal arts education (April 12, 2012)

Macalester College president Brian Rosenberg talks about the long-term value of a liberal arts college (Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9, 2012 - video)

Liberal arts still relevant (column in the Lawrence, Kan., Journal World, March 7, 2012)

The liberal arts: Back to basics (editorial in the Pittsburgh, Pa., Tribune-Review, Feb. 4, 2012)

Why a Liberal Arts Education Matters (New York Times, Feb. 1, 2012)

The Liberal Arts as Guideposts in the 21st Century (Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 29, 2012)

Liberal arts education lends an edge in down economy (USA Today, Jan. 25, 2012)

Liberal Arts Degrees: An Asset At Some Companies (Story aired on National Public Radio, Jan. 17, 2012)

A Liberal Education (article in the Winter 2011 issue of the Grinnell College magazine)

A Liberal Education: Preparation for Career Success (Huffington Post, Dec. 6, 2011)
By A.G. Lafley, Former Procter & Gamble chairman

Alumni of Liberal-Arts Colleges See Value in Their Degrees (Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 16, 2011)

Steve Jobs valued liberal arts; we should too (Fort Wayne, Ind., News-Sentinel, Oct. 24, 2011)

In defense of liberal arts education (Denver Post, Oct. 24, 2011)

Liberal arts fit a changing workplace (Herald-Tribune/Sarasota, Fla., Oct. 20, 2011)

Liberal arts and the knowledge economy (The Daily Gleaner/New Brunswick,Canada, Sept. 27, 2011)

Liberal Arts Education: Gateway to Riches (Hartford Courant, Sept. 25, 2011)

Liberal Arts degree now more useful (Springfield News-Sun, Sept. 3, 2011)

Liberal arts education is smart move in today’s world (Harrisburg, Pa. Patriot News, Aug. 27, 2011) By Janet Morgan Riggs, president of Gettysburg College

Valuing a Liberal-Arts Education in a Jobs-Focused World (Hartford Courant, Aug. 22, 2011)

Our world needs the humanities (The Australian, July 13, 2011)

The Value of a Humanities Degree: Six Students’ Views (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 5, 2011)

A new report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching documents the value of liberal arts education for business majors (Inside Higher Ed, June 2, 2011)

Why the liberal arts matter (cnn.com, May 21, 2011)
By Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University

Liberal-arts graduates are perfectly prepared for today’s careers (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 2011)

In the digital age, the much-maligned, liberal-arts degree still has deep value (Toronto Globe and Mail, May 9, 2011)

A New Notion in Europe: the Liberal-Arts College (Chronicle of Higher Education, May 8, 2011)

The Role of Liberal Arts Colleges in Advancing Positive Social Change (Huffington Post, March 23, 2011)
 By Raynard Kington, president of Grinnell College

American liberal arts colleges: Where art meets science  (The London Independent, March 17, 2011)

Where Professors Send Their Children to College (CBS Moneywatch.com, February 15, 2011)

Liberal arts, not Tiger Professor, improve critical thinking (Charlotte Observer, January 28, 2011)

In Defense of the Liberal Arts (National Review, December 16, 2010)

Not a bad thing at all: liberal education (The Record [New Jersey], August 8, 2010)

10 Reasons to Go to a Small College (U.S. News & World Report, July 28, 2010)