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Stop Defending the Liberal Arts

Inside Higher Ed

January 17, 2011

Although many private universities and colleges are making new investments in the humanities and liberal arts, access to this kind of education is being eroded at public institutions. And in these harsh economic times, many students feel that liberal arts education is a luxury they can't afford. I think, as well, that humanities professors, who are most often the advocates for the liberal arts, feel generally underappreciated, since our culture (and even university culture) sometimes seems not to value what we do. But a nagging sense of marginalization can also sometimes lead liberal arts faculty to become defensive.

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