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Essay / Liberal Education and Liberal Arts Education - 1280
Liberal education is an approach to learning that empowers individuals and prepares them to deal with complexity, diversity, and change. It provides students with a broad knowledge of the broader world (e.g., science, culture, and society) as well as in-depth study in a specific area of interest (McCuen). Such a definition implies that a liberal arts education also provides real-world knowledge. skills as they support complexity, diversity, and change – something that may very well be missing in more restrictive, systematic education methods that limit the courses a student can take to just one area of study. studies, or otherwise limited. Although good at that specific field of study, students who take this discipline may have a much less versatile skill set than a student trained in a liberal arts discipline.