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Reclaiming Funding and Benefits for the Liberal Arts: Why Colleges and Universities Should Add More Practical Training

Reclaiming Funding and Benefits for the Liberal Arts: Why Colleges and Universities Should Add More Practical Training
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Author(s): Hilary Burt (Queens University of Charlotte, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 8
Source title: Funding Challenges and Successes in Arts Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Siu Challons-Lipton (Queens University of Charlotte, USA)and Richard Emanuel (Alabama State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2581-3.ch003

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Abstract

The current focus on promoting STEM disciplines is, on the surface, an understandable reaction to the present economic environment. But a defense of the liberal arts does not need to be blind to today's economic and educational climates. In fact, now is the time for liberal arts academic programs to modernize and develop. Just as it is clear that proponents of STEM programs should recognize the value of creative and comparative thinking fostered by the broader educational fields, the time has clearly arrived for the liberal arts to also recognize, and be infused with, more practical, tangible training. In addition to enhancing graduates' preparedness for the workforce, these tactics would also buttress the argument for continued funding of liberal arts programs by appealing to the current desire to allocate resources to practical disciplines.

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