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liberal arts

Collective term for the visual arts, music, and literature together with certain subjects of study, such as philosophy, history, languages, and sociology. The concept dates back to the classical idea of the pursuits worthy of a free man (which were seen as intellectual rather than manual).



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Under the influence of the progressive educators, the liberal curriculum that once characterized nearly all college education has been gradually eclipsed by an elective system devoid of a core, even at those celebrated institutions that were once its chief advocates.
Using the past to rescue the future by Dougherty, Jude P. / Modern Age
Some decided to offer diluted academic programs, abandoning the old required liberal curriculum and moving into career programs, especially those of relevance to the local economic and social climate.
Reflections on the challenges to the church-related college by Rudolph, Frederick / Liberal Education
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