The term “liberal arts” is one of the most misunderstood terms in the public discourse on higher education today. A higher education expert once said that putting the words “liberal” and “arts” ...

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Facing financial pressure, declining enrollment, and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, Brandeis University is launching a sweeping overhaul and recasting the liberal arts with a focus on ...

A liberal arts education helps us understand what it means to be human by asking big questions and considering multiple perspectives. And it covers some of the very first subjects ever to be studied ...

W hat do you do with a major in French? Or philosophy, history, or English? This is the question at the heart of all the challenges that now bedevil liberal-arts departments on campuses across the ...

Liberal arts programs in other mostly red states have been rolled back in what some call a “playbook” — similar to what’s being forecast in Utah. The first sign that troubled David C.K. Curry was when ...

Tufts’ Election Night Extravaganza in the Joyce Cummings Center is pictured on Nov. 5. Penelope Kopp remembers her high school frustration. She watched dismally as national climate policies unraveled ...