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seven liberal arts
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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seven liberal arts. The group of sciences which formed the staple of secular education in the earlier Middle Ages, consisting of the elementary
trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic) and the more advanced
quadrivium (music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy). Not until the student had completed his studies in the liberal arts was he held competent to proceed to theology.
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Entrepreneurship as a liberal art.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Politics & Policy; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; This article looks at the role liberal arts colleges or universities can play...suggested. Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts Vision (1) Education is useful...potential distinctive competency for liberal arts colleges is entrepreneurship and...
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Conference Suggests 'Medicine is a Liberal Art'; Medical Schools Want Students With Liberal Educations.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 1/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...Newswire) -- Medicine is a liberal art. That's one of the...Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College. The...percentage of liberal arts graduates who were accepted...that suggested liberal arts graduates were over...medicine itself is a liberal art, ...
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COLLEGES DISCOVER A NEW LIBERAL ART: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...made the most of the school's liberal arts reputation, taking history and...some hints on." In recent years, liberal arts students have clamored for...leadership. About half of those are liberal arts majors, said Arthur Winston...
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Ranking America's Leading Liberal Art Colleges on Their Success in Integrating African Americans
Magazine article from: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education; 1/31/2003; 700+ words
; ...evaluation of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges. For the past 10 years...ranking of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges on their comparative...The five-year progress of the liberal arts college in black student enrollments...
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Wilberforce University: Where learning is a liberal art
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier; 2/17/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...University: Where learning is a liberal art Today, Wilberforce University...they are best suited to pursue. A liberal arts education, infused as it is at...students for a life of change. The liberal arts component promotes intellectual...
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Liberal art colleges offer students full-rides
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/13/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...1 reported that many students are choosing private liberal arts colleges over other options, and not just for the small...If you can get a really good education at a small liberal arts college and it's partially subsidized, who's to...
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Alternative models of knowledge production: a step forward in information literacy as a liberal art.
Magazine article from: Library Philosophy and Practice; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the production of knowledge and hence does not support liberal learning objectives of deeper learning and understanding. Shapiro and Hughes' idea of information literacy as a liberal art provides a useful framework for discussing of knowledge...
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"Liberal arts" colleges and the myth of uniqueness.
Magazine article from: Journal of Higher Education; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...At least two problems face most liberal arts colleges in the 1990s. First...conditions, the retention of a liberal arts claim in the academic mission statements...education? To what extent are liberal arts claims made by colleges with curricula...
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LIBERAL ARTS CONTINUES TO BE WISE CAREER-BOUND CHOICE.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/20/1986; 700+ words
; ...he enrolled in the traditional liberal arts curriculum. In the 18th century...its entry level positions with liberal arts graduates. This news, published...amp;T. That company found the liberal-arts-educated employee to be eventually...
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Liberal arts show some muscle; In an era of specialization, some schools find success in the 'well rounded' route.(Features)(Learning)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...their curricula along specifically liberal-arts lines. Reasons vary. Some institutions...laserlike focus on rebuilding the liberal-arts curriculum was key to establishing...the Garden State's only public liberal-arts institution. "We've refocused...
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Liberal Arts Colleges
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES Rather than emphasizing...professional training, liberal arts colleges aim to expose students...s coursework at a liberal arts school would include many or...economics, politics), the arts (e.g., theater, music, art), languages, and mathematics...
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liberal arts
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
liberal arts. In the context of Renaissance art, a term applied to pursuits...vulgar’ arts goes back to classical...As soon as the visual arts became generally accepted as liberal, the protagonists began...it is such a private art; the miniaturist can...
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seven liberal arts
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
seven liberal arts. The group of sciences which formed the staple of secular education...astronomy). Not until the student had completed his studies in the liberal arts was he held competent to proceed to theology.
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liberal arts, seven
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
liberal arts, seven. See SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS .
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Seven Liberal Arts
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Seven Liberal Arts, see Quadrivium and Trivium .
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