liberal arts
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Outside students from a liberal arts college are practiced in abstract analytical thinking—how institutions are made, what purpose they serve, for whom.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Among the buildings damaged in the weekend attack was the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a small college that specialises in liberal arts.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
For years, students at Hampshire College joked that the small liberal arts school could close at any moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
He advised students in liberal arts to major in law, accounting, or Chinese literature, reasoning that these fields most commonly led to recruitment after civil service exams.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
It felt unbearably selfish, just downright wrong, to be indulging myself with an education in the liberal arts at a fancy private college while Mom and Dad were on the streets.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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