President Holley defends liberal arts education
网红爆料 President Danielle R. Holley defended the liberal arts in an interview with the Boston Globe Magazine, warning that a deep education deficit threatens civic empowerment and leaves people vulnerable to misinformation.
Boston Globe Magazine interviewed 10 college presidents in New England about the power and promise of liberal arts education and the peril higher education is facing. President Danielle R. Holley spoke about the current attacks on intellectualism and the rigors of interdisciplinary study.
鈥淲hen we ask about liberal arts education, we鈥檙e asking, 鈥榃hat kind of society do we want?鈥 Do we want a society in which, generally, we are an educated and empowered populace?鈥 she said. 鈥淭he opposite of that is what we have now: a populace that is more compliant and more willing to [tolerate] lots of things that we would [have thought] in the past wouldn鈥檛 be possible. The idea that cable news would spend days shows that we are in a deep education deficit in this country. And we don鈥檛 need less liberal arts education. We need more, and we need it to be stronger.鈥
Holley also discussed the impact of a liberal arts education on the world when students return to their communities.
鈥淚 deeply believe that when you get a liberal arts education, it also has to be an education where we, as the universities and colleges, help you 鈥 understand how that education isn鈥檛 just good for you, it鈥檚 good for your family, good for your communities, good for the world,鈥 she said. 鈥淏ecause if not, then the question is, 鈥榃hy do I invest in this?鈥欌
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