The liberal arts are under assault. The Association of American Colleges and Universities and the American Association of University Professors on Thursday released a spirited joint statement in their defense.
These days, it’s no surprise to hear a politician deride the liberal arts or watch parents steer their children toward more practical-sounding majors. “Once universally regarded as central to the intellectual life of the university,” the statement says, the liberal arts “have been steadily moved to the periphery and increasingly threatened.”
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