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In Defense of the Liberal Arts Lane Wallace May 19 2009,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 11:18 AM ET Tweet More Email Print We're entering commencement time, which means all kinds of notable people (the President and First Lady included) will be giving well-crafted speeches about the importance of education and a college degree. But is one kind of degree better than another? Much has been said about the importance of science and technology degrees in terms of keeping the U.S. competitive with the rest of the world. And as the economy has worsened, and fears of joblessness have risen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the voices advocating pursuit of more "practical" degrees have grown in both number and volume. A recent New York Times article noted that Humanities now account for only 8% of all college degrees, and that proponents are having to work harder than ever to justify the worth of a humanities,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or liberal arts, course of study. The article quotes Anthony T. Kronman,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a Yale law professor, as saying,http://www.ewwealth.com/, reluctantly, that the essence of a humanities education
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