After reading a few articles regarding liberal education programs, I was asked to pose an inquiry question about the subject. The following is a question that I have thought about in the past and that I am sure others have pondered as well:
Is it more beneficial to spend more time in school gaining a liberal arts education or to immediately focus on your career and begin working sooner?
I believe that it is more beneficial for a student to attend a liberal arts university as opposed to training specifically for his or her future career right out of high school.
(As I mentioned in another blog this week...) Liberal education programs provide students with skills to think critically and problem solve. These traits cannot be learned in a technical/professional school which focuses solely on educating you for a career or job. Liberal arts universities strive to mold people into well-rounded individuals with a vast knowledge of the world. Rebecca Chopp, President of Swarthmore College (a top liberal arts college in the U.S.), said in an interview that, “Liberal arts is founded on a whole person, developing a person athletically and academically...The 21st century is one of entrepreneurship and innovation. There will not be fixed careers. The liberal arts teaches you to think outside the box.” I agree with her in the fact that current jobs are focused on innovation. It is a lot harder to find high-level jobs today than it was years ago because the standard for those kinds of jobs are so high now. A degree in your field is no longer sufficient enough. You need a broad spectrum of education that allows you to "think outside the box", as Chopp mentioned. An education in liberal arts education provides students with courses in all different subjects unrelated to their majors so that they can achieve the previously mentioned higher-level thinking that employers are looking for today.
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