liberal arts

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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

The goal is to push back on what proponents see as an academic culture that has lost sight of the purpose of a liberal arts education—and to do so from within the university.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

I am going to have to pick on liberal arts majors.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

What has emerged over the past decade or so is a nationwide movement for the renewal of liberal arts education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

But colleges, particularly small liberal arts colleges like Reed, tend not to be rigid bureaucracies.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell