Libby and Art

"Routinely including liberal-arts courses in scientific education can help students to define and tackle social as well as scientific issues — and to communicate them effectively." #LiberalArts nature.com/articles/d4158…

"Ideas and identity are not in opposition, and they are not equals. Striving with and against the most durable human thinking...equips all of us to discover who we are most fully." #LiberalArts theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

So when Uncle Harry asks you, “What on earth are you going to do with a history degree? Who needs the liberal arts?” Be ready with this answer: “We all do.” #LiberalArts ctpost.com/opinion/articl…

"The humanities, with their focus on the infinite variety of human experience, offer the best insurance against overconfident forecasters." #LiberalArts project-syndicate.org/commentary/hum…

“Feel free to explore beyond healthcare…” @rtnarch schools college students on the importance of the “liberal arts” at the #ForbesHealth Summit. See more: trib.al/pLVBUpO

"I was a communication major. I learned more about business in my public-relations class than in business electives... In business, we need to find the problems our customers have and provide solutions. The parallels run deeper than I have space to write." wsj.com/articles/busin…

"All these CEOs did not take or had minimal business classes and yet their businesses have been richer and better because their liberal arts degrees helped them develop interpersonal and analytical skills—essential for business networking and management." studyinternational.com/news/can-liber…

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Employers agree that a liberal arts education is valuable to their workplaces. La Salle faculty explain why: bit.ly/3jDks9B #NationalArtsandHumanitiesMonth

8. The liberal arts prepare graduates for jobs that don’t yet exist. "Employers will look for these skills when recruiting for those jobs that don’t yet exist because they are critical in any role."

7. The humanities open your eyes to what has been overlooked. "While art and medicine may seem like they are worlds apart, these two disciplines are natural companions for visual literacy—a vital and practical tool in all fields of study in an increasingly visual modern world."

8 Reasons Why Employers Value a Liberal Arts Education #LiberalArts lasalle.edu/blog/2021/10/2…

"And if there is an incident that must be explained to the public? A writer or marketing specialist with cybersecurity training will be the ideal person to have on your remediation team." #LiberalArts securityintelligence.com/articles/liber…

"Hartley brings up the likes of Stewart Butterfield of Slack, Jack Ma of Alibaba, Susan Wojcicki of YouTube, Brian Chesky of Airbnb and others as examples of people who studied languages, humanities or fine arts and not STEM." #LiberalArts deccanherald.com/supplements/dh…

"When threats to democracy have been most acute, American universities have stepped up in defense of the democratic project. It was true at the country’s birth, when the founders called on higher education to train citizen-leaders." #LiberalArts washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

People who work in the finance industry "are prone to group-think, linear thinking and poor communication skills. This led to collective myopia in the lead up to the financial crisis." Thankfully, the industry has begun to hire more #LiberalArts grads! thebanker.com/Comment-Profil…

"We are adept at acquiring knowledge and data by various digital mediations but there is no shortcut to wisdom. For that we need the arts." Proud to be the product of a #LiberalArts college and to teach at one!

"Out of this cauldron of debate and competing ambitions is forged the kind of mind necessary for survival in our increasingly constrictive environment. And that kind of mind is what the humanities and the social sciences are schooled to refine" #LiberalArts

The liberal arts "are the final guarantor of our freedom. They are the means of our deeper thinking, vehicles of our imagining." #LiberalArts theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…