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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study. It dismisses the extent to which the study of Art History (or another subject in the humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences) within a liberal arts framework can profoundly enrich an individual and society. Yet, this picture is a sham.

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Bank Holiday Reading: Higher Education and the green workforce transformation

HEPI

Similarly, interdisciplinary modules such as those offered by the University of Leeds on the theme of Creating Sustainable Futures enable students to work together to explore the human costs of high consumption societies and manage change to more desirable ways of living and being.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. She both struggled to pay her loans and felt limited in her ability to advance her career without further education. Some, for example, are former wards of the state or undocumented immigrants living in the United States. ’ 10,000 times.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The British Academy points to ‘the impact and value research’ in the humanities and related disciplines ‘can deliver to policy makers and the wider public’. The Royal Society adopts the same wording. Nevertheless, agreed definition seems elusive. Taught’ Masters degrees and even ‘taught doctorates’ have begun to multiply.