| What is the role of a liberal arts college? | | Posted Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:36:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | All dynamic colleges, in my experience, regularly ask the question, "What have we become and where are we going?" During the past year, the faculty, staff and trustees at Sierra Nevada College have spent considerable time reflecting on the role of a liberal arts education and our reason for existing as an educational institution. All agree that a liberal arts college should craft a curriculum which ensures that students are exposed to the best of human thought and ideals. Four basic goals of a liberal arts education are perhaps best described by Yale University classics professor Donald Kagan: • To experience the pure joy of learning, for its own sake • To shape character, style, and taste • To prepare for useful, contributing membership in society • To be liberally educated in order to be free Sierra Nevada College was founded in 1969 as a four-year, private liberal arts college.... | |
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