Below is a collection of articles from a variety of publications exploring the value of a liberal arts education in today’s world. The most recent articles are listed first (PDF version to download).
- ‘The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs’ (Inside Higher Ed, November 18, 2021)
- Eight Reasons Why Employers Value A Liberal Arts Education (La Salle News, October 26, 2021)
- Why A Liberal Arts Education Is The Best Foundation For A Career In Finance (Forbes, August 30, 2021)
- Reasons Why Liberal Arts Majors Succeed in Business (BusinessDeccan.com, February 11, 2021)
- The CEOs of YouTube, Slack and Whole Foods All Have Liberal Arts Degrees. Here’s Why That Matters (Entrepreneur.com, January 13, 2021)
- There’s No Such Thing as a “Worthless Degree” (Lifehacker, November 19, 2020)
- Liberal Education – A Game Changer (BusinessWorld, August 27, 2020)
- 12 Med Schools That Often Admit Liberal Arts Majors (Yahoo News/US News, August 26, 2020)
- The Integrated Liberal Arts Approach: The Curricular Vaccine Higher Education Needs Now More Than Ever (DiverseEducation.com, May 19, 2020)
- Why Society Will Need Liberal Arts Graduates (DiverseEducation.com, April 26, 2020)
- Why Employers Love Liberal Arts Graduates (StudyInternational.com, April 15, 2020)
- Liberal Arts Colleges Preparing Students for a Tech Enabled World (StudyInternational.com, February 3, 2020)
- If You Go To A Liberal Arts College You Will Make More Money (Forbes.com, January 28, 2020)
- Liberal Arts Pay Off in the Long Run (InsideHigherEd.com, January 14, 2020)
- When it Comes to Future Earnings, Liberal-Arts Grads Might Get the Last Laugh (Chronicle of Higher Education, January 14, 2020)
- Liberal Arts Education: Waste of Money or Practical Investment (The Washington Post, January 13, 2020)
- How Can a Liberal Arts Degree Lead to Financial Success? (Forbes, December 11, 2019)
- Why a Liberal Arts Degree is More Important Than Ever (Study International News, December 2, 2019)
- The Most Unexpected Workplace Trend Coming in 2020 (Inc.com, November 26, 2019)
- 6 Top Nontechnical Degrees for Cybersecurity (Information Week, November 21, 2019)
- There’s Nothing Useless About the Liberal Arts (Grand Rapids Business Journal, November 8, 2019)
- Lesson of the Day: “In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint, But English Majors Endure.” (New York Times, November 4, 2019)
- Why Hiring Managers Value a Liberal Arts Education (Times Record News, November 4, 2019)
- Why do we have Business or Education Schools in Universities? (Forbes, October 16, 2019)
- Don’t be so Quick to Dismiss that Liberal Arts Degree (San Diego Gazette, October 14, 2019)
- Studying STEM Isn’t The Career Boost We Think (Forbes, September 29, 2019)
- Liberal Arts Degree? No Degree At All? You Are The Perfect Candidate For a Tech Job (CNBC, September 26, 2019)
- In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint But English Majors Endure (The New York Times, September 20, 2019)
- Yes, Employers Do Value Liberal Arts Degrees (Harvard Business Review, September 19, 2019)
- Why Liberal Arts is Critical For Building a Successful Business Career (Forbes, September 4, 2019)
- Majoring in Liberal Arts Could Turn Out To Be A Very Smart Move (The State, Dec. 4, 2018)
- How your liberal arts degree is preparing you to become an innovator (Silicon Prairie News, Dec. 1, 2018)
- Employers Want Liberal Arts Grads (InsideHigherEd, Nov. 13, 2018)
- As Tech Companies Hire More Liberal Arts Majors, More Students Are Choosing STEM Degrees (EdSurge, Nov. 13, 2018)
- Your College Major Does Not Define Your Career (U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 24, 2018)
- A CEO and former Googler explains why your college major really doesn’t matter (Business Insider, Feb. 28, 2018)
- Liberal Arts Majors are Future of Tech Industry (Harvard Business Review, July/August 2017)
- Six Reasons Why Your College Major Doesn’t Matter (Forbes Magazine, Aug. 12, 2015)
- Employers and Public Favor Graduates Who Can Communicate, Survey Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 18, 2013)
- Broad Education vs. Industry-Specific Skills (Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 18, 2013)
- How to Turn a Liberal Arts Degree Into a Paycheck (USA Today, Aug. 27, 2013)
- The Value of Liberal Arts: An Education, Not Just a Degree (Roanoke, Va. Times, Aug. 18, 2013)
- Liberal Arts has Advantages (Worcester, Mass.,Telegram & Gazette, Aug. 11, 2013)
- Liberal Arts Value Goes Beyond Dollars (The Huffington Post, Aug. 7,2013)
- A College Education Isn’t Just About Job Prospects(The Hechinger Report, July 12, 2013)
- Giving Employers What They Don’t Really Want(Chronicle of Higher Education, July 17, 2013)
- The New Case for Liberal Arts (International Herald Tribune, May 14,2013)
- Commentary: Education for Education’s Sake (Michigan Radio, April 23, 2013)
- Why Businesses Prefer a Liberal Arts Education (CNBC.com, April 15, 2013)
- Why a Liberal Education Creates Great Entrepreneurs (Huffington Post, April 15, 2013) by John Dearborn, president of JumpStart Inc.
- Employers Want Broadly Educated College Grads, Capable of Innovation (Huffington Post, April 12, 2013)
- Business Schools Embrace the Liberal Arts (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 10, 2013)
- A Liberal Arts Degree Leads to a Career, Not Just a Job (Huffington Post, April 10, 2013)
- A Liberal Arts Foundation (New York Times, March 25, 2013)
- Liberal Arts Schools Prove Worth in Test Scores (U.S. News & World Report, March 14, 2013)
- Numbers Don’t Lie — A Cost/Value Analysis of a Liberal Arts Degree (Huffington Post, Feb. 26, 2013)
- A Liberal Arts Education is Still Relevant (Newsday, Feb. 7, 2013)
- Liberal Arts Education Is Transformative (San Antonio Express-News, Dec. 6, 2012)
- Liberal Arts Poor Venture? Not so Fast (Muncie, Ind. Star Press, Dec. 6, 2012)
- A Useful Liberal Arts (Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 26, 2012)
- A Liberal Arts Degree is More Valuable than Learning Any Trade (Forbes magazine, Nov. 13, 2012)
- Why History Matters (Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 5, 2012)
- Why a Communal Liberal Arts Education Matters More Now Than Ever (Huffington Post, Oct. 25, 2012)
- Scrap Liberal Arts? Think Again (Denver Post, Oct. 20, 2012)
- The Liberal Arts: A Gift that Keeps on Giving (Poughkeepsie Journal, Oct. 15, 2012)
- Why A Liberal Arts Education Is the Best Job Preparation (Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 18, 2012)
- Liberal Arts Colleges – The Model for the Future (University World News, United Kingdom, Sept. 16, 2012)
- Liberal Arts Is About More Than Money (USA Today, Sept. 10, 2012)
- Three Cheers for the Liberal Arts (Vancouver Sun, Sept. 7, 2012)
- Don’t Pit Science And Math Education Against the Liberal Arts (Seattle Times, Sept. 1, 2012)
- Liberal Arts Now More Valuable Than Ever (Evansville Courier & Press, July 17, 2012)
- Free to Choose, I Chose Liberal Arts (Tampa Bay Times, June 8, 2012)
- 5 Reasons To Choose A Liberal Arts College (Providence, R.I., Journal, June 3, 2012)
- Survey on Millennial Hiring Highlights Power of Liberal Arts (portfolio.com, May 14, 2012)
- The Liberal Arts and Leadership (Inside Higher Ed, May 14,2012)
- Vocation or Exploration? Pondering the Purpose of College (New York Times, May 4, 2012)
- A Coca-Cola Executive Shares his Thoughts on the Value of a Liberal Arts Education (University of Notre Dame, April 12, 2012)
- Macalester College president Brian Rosenberg talks about the long-term value of a liberal arts college (Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9, 2012 – video)
- Liberal Arts Still Relevant (Lawrence, Kan., Journal World, March 7, 2012)
- The Liberal Arts: Back to Basics (Pittsburgh, Pa., Tribune-Review, Feb. 4, 2012)
- Why a Liberal Arts Education Matters (New York Times, Feb. 1, 2012)
- The Liberal Arts as Guideposts in the 21st Century (Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 29, 2012)
- Liberal Arts Education Lends An Edge In Down Economy (USA Today, Jan. 25, 2012)
- Liberal Arts Degrees: An Asset At Some Companies (National Public Radio, Jan. 17, 2012)
- A Liberal Education: Preparation for Career Success (Huffington Post, Dec. 6, 2011) By A.G. Lafley, Former Procter & Gamble chairman
- Alumni of Liberal-Arts Colleges See Value in Their Degrees (Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 16, 2011)
- In Defense Of Liberal Arts Education (Denver Post, Oct. 24, 2011)
- Liberal Arts Fit a Changing Workplace (Sarasota, Fla. Herald-Tribune, Oct. 20, 2011)
- Liberal Arts Education: Gateway to Riches (Hartford Courant, Sept. 25, 2011)
- Liberal Arts Arts Degree Now More Useful (Springfield News-Sun [Ohio], Sept. 3, 2011)
- Liberal Arts Education Is Smart Move in Today’s World (Harrisburg, Pa. Patriot News, Aug. 27, 2011)
- Valuing a Liberal-Arts Education in a Jobs-Focused World(Hartford Courant, Aug. 22, 2011)
- The Value of a Humanities Degree: Six Students’ Views (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 5, 2011)
- A new report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching documents the value ofliberal arts education for business majors (Inside Higher Ed, June 2, 2011)
- Why the Liberal Arts Matter (CNN.com, May 21, 2011)
- Liberal-Arts Graduates Are Perfectly Prepared For Today’s Careers (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 2011)
- In the Digital Age, the Much-Maligned, Liberal-Arts Degree Still Has Deep Value (Toronto Globe and Mail, May 9, 2011)
- A New Notion in Europe: the Liberal-Arts College (Chronicle of Higher Education, May 8, 2011)
- The Role of Liberal Arts Colleges in Advancing Positive Social Change (Huffington Post, March 23, 2011)
- American Liberal Arts Colleges: Where Art Meets Science (The London Independent, March 17, 2011)
- Where Professors Send Their Children to College (CBS Moneywatch.com, Feb. 15, 2011)
- Not a Bad Thing At All: Liberal Education (The Record [New Jersey], Aug. 8, 2010)
- 10 Reasons to Go to a Small (or Liberal Arts) College (U.S. News & World Report, July 28, 2010)