Comments on: The Case for Liberal Arts http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/2009/the-case-for-liberal-arts/ The college admission blog with tips and insider info from Centre College Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: beauweston http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/2009/the-case-for-liberal-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-60 beauweston Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:58:25 +0000 http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/?p=142#comment-60 A liberal arts education is meant to prepare you for a lifetime of learning. A small liberal arts college has faculty and staff who can be involved in your life when you are a student. Some faculty and staff at large universities can do that, too, though that is not what they are rewarded for. What a small college can do is keep up the education for life. I write this sitting in the Campus Center on Homecoming, talking to wave after wave of alumni, continuing the serious conversations about how they understand their lives. A liberal arts education is meant to prepare you for a lifetime of learning. A small liberal arts college has faculty and staff who can be involved in your life when you are a student. Some faculty and staff at large universities can do that, too, though that is not what they are rewarded for. What a small college can do is keep up the education for life. I write this sitting in the Campus Center on Homecoming, talking to wave after wave of alumni, continuing the serious conversations about how they understand their lives.

]]> By: beauweston http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/2009/the-case-for-liberal-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-15 beauweston Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:58:25 +0000 http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/?p=142#comment-15 A liberal arts education is meant to prepare you for a lifetime of learning. A small liberal arts college has faculty and staff who can be involved in your life when you are a student. Some faculty and staff at large universities can do that, too, though that is not what they are rewarded for. What a small college can do is keep up the education for life. I write this sitting in the Campus Center on Homecoming, talking to wave after wave of alumni, continuing the serious conversations about how they understand their lives. A liberal arts education is meant to prepare you for a lifetime of learning. A small liberal arts college has faculty and staff who can be involved in your life when you are a student. Some faculty and staff at large universities can do that, too, though that is not what they are rewarded for. What a small college can do is keep up the education for life. I write this sitting in the Campus Center on Homecoming, talking to wave after wave of alumni, continuing the serious conversations about how they understand their lives.

]]> By: Adam Brown http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/2009/the-case-for-liberal-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Adam Brown Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:47:59 +0000 http://www.theadmissioncentre.com/?p=142#comment-14 Conversation topic: How important is a liberal arts education for you? Is it a must-have, or one of many options you're considering as a part of a more inclusive college search?<br><br>Centre community, how would you describe the value of your liberal arts education (or your contribution to it if you're a professor)? Conversation topic: How important is a liberal arts education for you? Is it a must-have, or one of many options you're considering as a part of a more inclusive college search?

Centre community, how would you describe the value of your liberal arts education (or your contribution to it if you're a professor)?

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