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liberal arts colleges

Submitted by Sharaai on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 6:34pm.

 One of the factors for choosing a college was the liberal arts. Since I tend tro change my mind a lot, I knew that a liberal arts college would give me more choices, making it less nerve wracking to be able to pick a major I really love.

When doing research, I searched for the advantages of a liberal arts college. I found an article with the pros and cons of a liberal arts school. It had a large amount of each and looking at them now, they describe Bryn Mawr College and the environment to a tee. One of the major of advantages is the small size which allows students to get personal help and not fade in the crowd, and the environment is very different from large, public colleges and universities. Another article spoke of a science career preparation at a liberal arts school. This article spoke of such things as the small size with a quality of teaching that cannot be gained in a large university, the advantage of taking non-science courses adds to “people skills” of the students. This is an essay written by someone who was looking at the idea that those who earned doctoral degrees often got their bachelor’s degree at a small, elite liberal arts school, Bryn Mawr College being the number 1 listen women’s college. The last article I looked at talked about how a liberal arts degree is an advantage in getting a steady career because as jobs are getting harder to get, a concentrated degree that is more popular at a university is less marketable than a degree from a liberal arts school. A  liberal arts school degree tells the job market that you took quantitative classes that were completely different than your said degree.
 
"Liberal Arts Colleges: Advantages and disadvantages of small private colleges and a liberal arts education | Suite101.com." Colleges | Suite101.com. 27 Jan. 2007. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://collegeuniversity.suite101.com/article.cfm/liberal_arts_colleges>.
 
This article talks about the advantages and disadvantages of a liberal arts college. It describes the general liberal arts college, and gives many advantages and disadvantages. It is telling the reader how a liberal arts college would be very different from a large university, helping to make a decision. It is a very good article for those deciding on what kind of school to go to.
 
Standler, Ronald B. "Liberal Arts Colleges." Dr. R. Standler's personal homepage. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.rbs0.com/college.htm>.
 
This essay was written around the fact that those who get doctoral degrees often get their bachelor’s degree from a small liberal arts school. This would in choosing what school to go to because it shows how it can help with a doctoral degree and to a better career.
Glass, Kathryn. "Is a Liberal Arts Degree an Advantage? - FOXBusiness.com." Business News | Financial News | Personal Finance | Stock Market Quotes | Commodities Market | Currency Market - FOXBusiness.com. 22 Sept. 2008. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. <http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/personal-finance/on-topic/education/liberal-arts-vs-specialiation-degree-better/>.
 
This article was published in Fox Business and is talking about how a liberal arts degree is an advantage in a bad economy because it allows those in the job market to assume that those applying for a job have had a well-rounded education and that it wasn’t so specialized that they won’t be flexible. Because most liberal arts colleges have mandatory quantitative courses, it helps for a person to go into different fields.
 
 

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