You can do anything: The “surprising power” of a liberal arts education
November 13th, 2017Many of you have heard me say that a liberal arts education is ideal for learning how to learn – in fact, you might have had trouble getting me to stop talking about it!
As a graduate of a liberal arts college myself, I have always stood behind the view that a liberal arts education develops analytical and creative thinking skills, oral and written communication skills, and equips students for a life of learning and adapting to new environments. Although a liberal arts education isn’t the right path for everyone, it has tremendous value.
In today’s blog, we share Inside Higher Ed’s interview with author George Anders about his book, You Can Do Anything. Anders shares useful data to support his opinion that a liberal arts degree is deepening in value, given major changes happening in the job market today. The underlying theory is that those who have not simply acquired a finite knowledge set, but who know how to learn and pivot, have tremendous opportunities in the long run.
Article below referenced from Inside Higher Ed
Robots are taking over the world (and the job market). Majoring in anything but a science or engineering discipline is foolhardy. A humanities or social science degree will get you a great job — as a barista.
Right?
Read enough internet headlines and all of those might seem not only feasible but inevitable. But like many sweeping, future-looking statements, those and other proclamations about the decline and fall of the liberal arts should be taken with a truckload of salt.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed >>Tagged: Career, College, Liberal arts
