Liberal Arts Education's Historical Purpose vs. Modern Practice
Historian Helena Rosenblatt discusses how liberal arts education, originally intended to cultivate civic virtues, has strayed from its historical roots.
What was a liberal arts education designed to offer? More than recent discourse might lead you to believe. On βThe Ezra Klein Show,β the historian Helena Rosenblatt explains why the liberal arts have strayed so far from their roots as a training ground for civic virtues and citizenry.