Bury the liberal vs. professional arts debate.

From: Education | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: Houston, George R., Jr. | Copyright information

The purpose of education is to provide a foundation for how to live life. Clearly both liberal arts education and professional education contribute to this goal. The future requires that America's college and university graduates possess the ability to think, reason, and communicate, but it also demands that they have the knowledge and skills needed for employment and career building.

The debate between the relative value of a pure "liberal arts" education and one that combines the ...

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