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Liberal arts education holds less esteem
Mike Padasak
Issue date: 11/6/08 Section: Editorial
From a historical perspective, it seems that colleges have shifted from their original purpose of offering a higher level of knowledge for the sake of learning to simply another step in life, with the likes of getting married or getting promoted.
From this student's perspective, it seems that colleges have slowly eroded away the claim of liberal arts to a simple advertising slogan, subsequently turning into a corporation worrying more about lawsuits over an enlightened education of its costumers.
Simply, the essence of a liberal arts education is eroding, and, unfortunately, Moravian College is snared in this ongoing tide.
A rash student would hastily blame a college's administration for this erosion, but this matter is not monotone, as the full picture is splattered with every group that affects colleges.
The broadest group of painters is the society of America and its mentality towards college, as before college was viewed as an option and a haven for intellectuals. Due to advancements in the general welfare of America, college is almost perceived to be required just like high school as a necessity to maturity.
This mentality of requirement erodes the prestigious look unto college and with it, the essence of learning for its own sake.
Some students enter college with an eventual job in mind, rather than an open mind to unravel the world around them.
Students, the customers of college, should be most influential in shaping what they pay for, but alas this is oddly not so. Complaints toward college are common compared to actual action, but perhaps this is societal as students are programmed since birth to do what they're told to do over their own preference.
Stating that students are apathetic is a glossed over, over-encompassing excuse and not a solid answer. Students do care, as empathy is genetic. But there is this odd, peculiar balance in Moravian College vis-à-vis too much and too little happening at the same time.
From this student's perspective, it seems that colleges have slowly eroded away the claim of liberal arts to a simple advertising slogan, subsequently turning into a corporation worrying more about lawsuits over an enlightened education of its costumers.
Simply, the essence of a liberal arts education is eroding, and, unfortunately, Moravian College is snared in this ongoing tide.
A rash student would hastily blame a college's administration for this erosion, but this matter is not monotone, as the full picture is splattered with every group that affects colleges.
The broadest group of painters is the society of America and its mentality towards college, as before college was viewed as an option and a haven for intellectuals. Due to advancements in the general welfare of America, college is almost perceived to be required just like high school as a necessity to maturity.
This mentality of requirement erodes the prestigious look unto college and with it, the essence of learning for its own sake.
Some students enter college with an eventual job in mind, rather than an open mind to unravel the world around them.
Students, the customers of college, should be most influential in shaping what they pay for, but alas this is oddly not so. Complaints toward college are common compared to actual action, but perhaps this is societal as students are programmed since birth to do what they're told to do over their own preference.
Stating that students are apathetic is a glossed over, over-encompassing excuse and not a solid answer. Students do care, as empathy is genetic. But there is this odd, peculiar balance in Moravian College vis-à-vis too much and too little happening at the same time.
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posted 1/11/10 @ 9:13 PM EST
I agree that some students enter college with an eventual job in mind, rather than an open mind to unravel the world around them.
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