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Why IT Matters to Liberal Education
by Daniel F. Sullivan, president of St. Lawrence University
A New Liberal Arts
by Elizabeth Coleman, president at Bennington College
The Offer of the College
Resolve This: Serve Others
Excerpts from the 2007 Baccalaureate address delivered at Eckerd College by President Donald Eastman on May 19, 2007
A Writing Lesson
by Steve Hagenbuch, Haverford College Class of '07
Finding an Academic Voice
by Kristin Hall, Agnes Scott College Class of 2007
Being an ‘Out’ President
by Ralph J. Hexter, president at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
Pearls of Wisdom: Learning With and From Liberian Refugee Mothers
By Jessie Blumberg, Sophomore at Haverford (Pa.) College
DePauw Gave Noted African American Scientist a Start
by Robert G. Bottoms, President of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Ice Escapades - Antarctic Research
by Lisa Colville, senior at Albion College in Albion, Michigan
Liberal Learning–Does It Still Matter?
Education In The Nation's Service
by Donald R. Eastman III, president of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL.
Conquering Fear, Embracing Differences
by Kevin F. Adler, a senior at Occidental College
Private Liberal Arts Schools Demand the Best, Educate the Whole Person
by Daniel F. Sullivan, president at St. Lawrence University
“Other Ways of Knowing” and Liberal Education
By Michael C. McFarland, SJ, president of the College of Holy Cross
Inside 4631 Spruce Street
BY 2006-2007 Haverford House Fellows: Ang McCole, Stephanie Rudolph, Emma Chubb, Maria Nieves, Elsa Noterman, Pankhuri Agrawal, and Leah Gold
Liberal Education Prepares Students For World Leadership:
BY Daniel F. Sullivan, President at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY
Landscapes, Lacrosse, and Learning: A Life-Altering Year at Oxford
by Will Coleman, Haverford College Class of '07
It’s graduation time: Hire an English major
BY Jake B. Schrum, president at Southwestern University
"So, What Are Your Plans After Graduation?"
by Maggie Roush, senior English major at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
Changing Lives – A Plane Ride at a Time
By Lorna Hermosura
For Thee Alone: Dual Loyalties Face OWU Faculty, Staff
by Margo Bartlett, Writer, Ohio Wesleyan University
The World WILD Web
by Danielle Clarke, Public Service Librarian, Ohio Wesleyan University
Colleges and Universities Must Take the Lead in Economic Revitalization
by John Fry, President of Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.
Happily Exhausted
Every once in a while, a new president wonders, Would it hurt to miss that next event, to leave early, to not even make the trip?
Texas Needs the Liberal Arts
BY Jake B. Schrum, president at Southwestern University
The Liberal Arts in America and the Globe: This Old World Just Keeps Spinning Around
By Katherine Haley Will, President, Gettysburg College
Putting Liberal Education on the Radar Screen
By Carol Geary Schneider and Debra Humphreys
What Is Liberal Education?
by Daniel F. Sullivan, President, St. Lawrence University
How Cellular Phones are Like Your Younger Sister
by Mark Rothman, Williams College graduate, Class of '05
Top-Tier Colleges Take Different Approaches
by John Roush, President, Centre College
Liberal Arts Education an Antidote to Polarization
MaryAnn Baenninger, President, College of Saint Benedict
Graduating at a Time of Exceptional Change
by Rebecca S. Chopp, President - Colgate University
Why Women Still Need Their Own Month and Their Own Colleges
by Nancy Oliver Gray, President of Hollins University
The Public Good of Private Colleges
Published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution January 7, 2005
Time for a Liberal Arts College
by Linda Lim, Pang Eng Fong and Hong Hai
Sport, Art and the Liberal Arts
by John Strassburger, President - Ursinus College, Collegeville PA.
Canaries in a Mine
by Diana Chapman Walsh, President - Wellesley College
The Value of Liberal Education
Liberal learning is worth its high cost—and should be available to all
A Proud Moment For A College President
Furman Graduate Brings His Liberal Arts Background To Medicine
Liberal Arts and Civic Controversy
In Defense of the 'Liberal Professor'
By Brett R. O'Bannon, Instructor of Political Science-DePauw University
Private Colleges A Key Resource For Education Of A Lifetime
Why Liberal Education Endures in the World of the Bottom Line
Education by the Numbers: College Rankings Fatally Flawed
By Dale Rogers Marshall, President of Wheaton College
Cycles of History
From Books to Business: the Value of a Liberal Education
POLITICS OF SPEECH: Community and freedom
The Value of the Liberal Arts
The arts and sciences bring with them the challenge of inquiry and the thrill of discovery
Thinking Like Lincoln: Illinois Wesleyan Professor Explains How the Liberal Arts Tradition Shaped a Great Mind
Why I chose to study liberal arts in the US
Isolation, Interdisciplinarity, Inspiration
Research in the Liberal Arts College Setting
US News and World Report Got It Wrong
Liberal Arts -- The New Specialty
The Art of the Small
The Advantages of the Liberal Arts College
Liberal Arts and the Future of Leadership
A column by Furman University president David E. Shi
What Higher Education Is For
Today's Revolution Requires An Educated Citizenery
The Importance of the Liberal Arts
The State Of The Liberal Arts: A Conversation Between Katherine Haley Will and Bob Zemsky '62, Founding Director of the University of Pennsylvania 's Institute for Research on Higher Education
Published in The Rock, Whittier College's alumni magazine
"In Praise of Creativity": the inaugural speech of Reed's president Colin S. Diver
October 5, 2002
Commencement 2002 Address
Liberal arts is the best possible education for the unexpected.
Resupplying the Source: Strengthening Trinity and Liberal Arts Education
Chronicling Crisis: Journalism and the Liberal Arts
A journalist claims the liberal arts is best preparation for covering crisis.
Liberal Arts as a Preparation for Medicine
The blind leading ...
Building Intellectual Community through Courses for Staff
Do the Liberal Arts Serve a Public Function?
The Liberal Arts are Thriving
The liberal arts are an excellent preparation for professional and corporate careers.
Paradigm Shift: Lawrence, the Harvard Business School of the Midwest
A Liberal Arts Education and a Business Career
The Liberal Arts in a World in Conflict
Commencement address by Dr. John Churchill, Secretary of Phi Beta Kappa
Small Colleges Offer Broad Experiences
Chicago Sun Times
My America: What My Country Means To Me
The Intellectual in a Non-Intellectual Society
From an Address Given by Alfred H. Bloom, President, Swarthmore College
The Art of Science Education
The Better Angels of Our Nature
A commentary on the relevancy of liberal education in a post-September 11 world.
Liberal Arts Colleges Lead the Way in Changing How We Teach and Learn Science
Distance Learning vs. Residential Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts for All, Not Just the Rich
The Campus Business
A commentary on the continuing importance of the residential liberal arts college in the information age.
Science Education at Liberal Arts Colleges: Why They Do It So Well
On the Move
Small colleges offer broad experiences
Tough-Minded or Thin-Skinned
A commentary on the practice of liberal education.