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This book was written to answer several persistent questions heard from liberal arts students around the country. Here are these questions and how this book will help you respond to them: 1. Why Should/ Study Liberal Arts Rather Than a More "Vocationally Oriented" Curriculum? A liberal education offers both career benefits and personal benefits. It allows you to have the best of both worlds-an appropriate education for the fast-changing, diverse world of work that exists today, and a breadth of learning that attunes you to the issues of life that affect everyone, regardless of their career aspirations or personal goals. 2 What Kinds of Liberal Arts Courses Should I Take? This book gives you insights about the skills to look for in your liberal arts courses that will have a lasting benefit in your career. These skills are not found in course titles as much as they are between the lines of the syllabus. It's up to you to investigate courses beforehand to see which ones will maximize these valuable skills. 3. How Should I Choose My Liberal Arts Major? Most students have an erroneous understanding of how their liberal arts majors relate to career opportunities. This book clears up the question of major and careers and helps you to see that your possibilities are far broader than you may think. 4. What Advantages Can I Anticipate in the Job Market as a Liberal Arts Graduate? There are numerous ways in which your liberal education will help you progress in your work and adapt successfully to the rapidly changing and unpredictable world of jobs and entrepreneuring. This book will enhance your confidence in approaching your career, regardless of the kind of work you may want to do. 5. How Do I Find Social Value in My Career "Good Work"? Not many liberal arts students ask this question, but it comes up frequently after graduation, so it is useful to address it now. This book will show how your liberal education makes it possible for you to find many opportunities for "Good Work." This book will help you to understand what may seem to be a paradox that nonvocational courses, liberal arts, can enable you to progress greatly in the world of work. This is because liberal arts courses go above and beyond the mere acquisition of information or technical skills. They enable you to learn intellectual skills and adopt a creative perspective that you can apply to any new body of knowledge or set of problems. Even more importantly, you learn to reflect on the impact on humanity of the decisions you make in your work. You're not a mere technician. You're an actor on the stage of life. align="right"> Howard Figler
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Keys to Liberal Arts Success helps students understand why a liberal arts degree is a worthy academic pursuit and highly marketable in the workplace.
Based on the best-selling Keys to Success text, this book encourages students to develop their critical and creative thinking skills to reach their life goals.
Students are given concrete advice about taking liberal arts courses while they learn how to acquire skills to successfully compete in today's job market.
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