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As a society, we desperately need to invest more into the arts. Our culture has come to exalt the ability to calculate and analyze at the expense of developing an understanding of ourselves and our own emotions. We pride scientific achievements instead of developing artistic expression, partly due to the faults of American capitalism. But,…
From where I sit, it feels like the study of the liberal arts and the culmination of that education—the liberal arts and sciences degrees—are being challenged like never before. State governors, top business executives, and parents are questioning the end products that come from liberal arts institutions. In a recent Washington Post article, a managing…
The Liberal Arts The liberal arts consists of seven branches of knowledge that prepare students for lifelong learning. The concept is Classical, but the term Liberal Arts and their division into the TRIVIUM and the QUADRIVIUM date back to the Middle Ages. The Trivium and the Quadrivium The trivium includes those aspects of the liberal arts that pertain to mind. The quadrivium,…
During the era of classical antiquity (when ancient Greece and ancient Rome intertwined creating the Greco-Roman world), liberal arts was considered essential education for a free individual active in civic life. At the time, this would have entailed being able to participate in public debate, defend oneself and serve in court and on juries,…
A simple search of the terms Education is Useless, pulls-up over 74 MILLION returns, making the topic one for investigation. Here are a couple that should give one pause to reflect…..be sure to read to the end. Calvin Mackie As a mechanical engineer with a Ph.D., a motivational STEM speaker and a former college professor, you’d probably…