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For Some Students, Especially In The Sciences, The Knowledge Gained In College May Be Directly Relevant To Graduate Study. For Almost All Students, A Liberal Arts Education Works In Subtle Ways To Create A Web Of Knowledge That Will Illumine Problems And Enlighten Judgment On Innumerable Occasions In Later Life.

The Oldest Of The Arts And The Youngest Of The Professions.

Freshly Minted Ph.ds Typically Teach The Way Their Favorite Professors Taught.

An Educated Man Must Have A "curiosity In Exploring The Unfamiliar And Unexpected, An Open-mindedness In Entertaining Opposing Points Of View, Tolerance For The Ambiguity That Surrounds So Many Important Issues, And A Willingness To Make The Best Decisions He Can In The Face Of Uncertainty And Doubt".

Colleges And Universities, For All The Benefits They Bring, Accomplish Far Less For Their Students Than They Should. Many Students Graduate Without Being Able To Write Well Enough To Satisfy Their Employers... Reason Clearly Or Perform Competently In Analyzing Complex, Non-technical Problems.