| A liberal arts degree program offers a more | | | | are seldom presented will the information we would |
| well-rounded learning experience than a technical, | | | | like, a liberal arts degree program will teach you how to |
| vocational or business program. These programs | | | | work with what you are given and act accordingly. |
| introduce students to books as well as the philosophy | | | | The ability to think that is developed in a liberal arts |
| and science that form disciplined and creative habits of | | | | context usually results in combinations of flexibility and |
| thought. One of these programs trains an individual | | | | focus that make for intelligent and courageous risk |
| how to think rather than what to think and can lead to | | | | taking decisions. |
| endless possibilities. | | | | These programs also put an emphasis on subjects |
| What does a this type of education have to do with | | | | that are often over-looked by other educational |
| the realities that graduates will face after college? The | | | | programs. These programs emphasize the importance |
| development of the capacities for critical thinking | | | | of art and athletics in education as well as the |
| associated with a liberal arts degree program | | | | importance of core subjects like reading, writing, |
| education can be extremely practical because these | | | | science and math. |
| are the foundation on which to draw for decision | | | | These degree programs emphasize the importance of |
| making, continual learning, and for making a difference | | | | athletics year-round and spring is on different. Some of |
| in the workplace. | | | | the sports emphasized by the NCAA and liberal arts |
| Given the pace of social and technological change, it | | | | programs around the nation include baseball, golf, |
| does not make sense to devote multiple years of | | | | lacrosse, rowing, softball, tennis and more. |
| higher education to studying one specific area or skill | | | | Spring offers more NCAA sports than any other |
| set. A liberal arts program will train an individual to think | | | | season. The NCAA offers six sports for male athletes |
| and draw on one's education over a lifetime, which is | | | | and seven sports for women athletes during the |
| much more practical and precious than mastering a | | | | spring. Both men and women participate in golf, |
| field that is constantly evolving. These programs should | | | | lacrosse, tennis and outdoor track & field. Men also |
| teach students to figure out what they love to do, | | | | participate in baseball and volleyball while women also |
| improve in that field and provide them with the ability to | | | | participate in rowing, softball and water polo. |
| develop and continue to learn so that are able to | | | | Business programs as well as vocation and technical |
| adapt to change rather than become victims of | | | | programs often overlook the importance of athletics |
| change. | | | | and arts in education while liberal arts programs |
| A successful degree program develops an individual's | | | | emphasize the importance. Liberal arts degree |
| capacity for judgment and innovation. Individuals who | | | | programs focus on a more well-rounded education |
| are able to best reconfigure existing resources and | | | | and the importance of "how to think", which enables an |
| project the results of the future will be the individuals | | | | individual to thrive in almost any situation. |
| who shape and mold our culture and economy. We | | | | |