Thursday, February 26, 2009
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David Merrill on TED
Monday, February 9, 2009
Liberal Arts
But if you take time to look at the reality of today's market place, you find a need for the broad education and skills that a liberal arts education can provide. Consider a recent article in eSchool News by Dennis Carter "College web design courses fail with bosses" In this difficult economc climate, a study of web design employers finds they are looking for "broadly educated, open-minded, and self-motivated individuals" with a "general awareness of the web, social networking and culture, strong spoken and written language skills, [and] enthusiasm and commitment to life-long learning." Doesn't this describe a liberal arts education?
The skills needed to survive in this rapidly changing world are flexibility, life long learning, and self-motivation. What better place to recieve them than a liberal arts college. The problem, as my friend Rick states, is selling this to the college bound student.