Before the machine
age liberal education was necessarily aristocratic, because only a few could enjoy sufficient leisure to make education for it necessary or desirable.
Not exact matches
The group that held this conviction the most explicitly, and who acted on it in the largest sector of independent higher
education — that which belonged to the
Liberal Protestants — is well represented by William DeWitt Hyde, elected president of Bowdoin College in 1885 at the
age of 26:
They have created and run organizations aimed at restoring a classical
liberal arts
education for students of all
ages.
The
Liberal Democrats announced this morning they would be including «
age - appropriate» sex
education for children as young as seven in their manifesto.
Age - appropriate sex and relationships
education (SRE) should be offered in all primary schools from Key Stage 2 upwards, the Welsh
Liberal Democrats have said.
That is why the Welsh
Liberal Democrats are calling for a national concessionary scheme for young people
aged 16 - 18, as well as those in full time
education.»
With university
education now a key predictor of Labour support, the new middle
aged cohorts will consist of graduates of expanded higher
education from the early 90s onwards - generally a predictor of more
liberal or left wing views.
Adult learning also carries different meanings for different
age groups: for younger
age groups,
liberal adult
education serves as a stepping - stone to society by increasing the feeling of being able to control one's life.
A study released in 2012 by Georgetown University's Center for
Education and the Workforce found that college graduates
age 22 — 26 with humanities and
liberal arts degrees had an unemployment rate of 9.4 percent, the third worst of the 15 degree areas sampled.