Sentences with phrase «liberal arts program»

An alumnus of VIU's Liberal Arts program, he became director of the VIU Foundation in 2006.

The school offered, at least initially, a fairly broad - based liberal arts program, with art itself, modernist in mood, at the center, available to all, not necessarily as a professional pursuit but as a means of unlocking creative thinking in students in every field.

Provide a broad liberal arts program of study to elementary special education candidates, and require that they pass the same content test as general education teachers.

Regrettably, not all options offered by the state ensure that candidates are provided with a broad liberal arts program of study relevant to the elementary classroom, or that all candidates will be required to pass a content test, namely those who opt for a dual certification as a reading specialist.

We're excited about educators who are fired up about our liberal arts program, positive approach to discipline, and commitment to serve all students.

At Ascend, we're excited about educators who are fired up about our liberal arts program, positive approach to discipline, and commitment to serve all students.

Our teachers embrace a rigorous liberal arts program and a positive approach to discipline, believe in the power of family and community partnerships, and commit to helping students succeed in college and beyond.

Choosing the high school courses that will best prepare you for success in college can be a difficult process, and social studies, though an important subject for a strong college application, is easily overlooked, particularly if you aren't planning to enter a liberal arts program.

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She spent about a decade working at Columbia's Center for Core Curriculum — the office that oversees the school's undergraduate liberal arts program.

Even after he formally retired, Hoffmann continued to teach in the part - time Master of Liberal Arts program, where his classes focused on the social and political implications of pharmacology.

In her best - selling 2014 novel California, Edan Lepucki briefly describes the fictional Plank College, a free two - year liberal arts program that centers around a Great Books curriculum while teaching its all - male students how to farm.

(He says the few remaining liberal arts programs have «the distinct feel of rearguard actions.»)

There should be liberal arts programs as well as STEM programs.

Using a student - centered approach with 15 individual performance indicators, WSJ / THE compared more than 1,000 colleges, from large research universities to smaller liberal arts programs.

Not exact matches

«I personally think there's going to be a greater demand in 10 years for liberal arts majors than for programming majors and maybe even engineering,» Cuban said.

Master's in management programs are booming, especially among liberal arts grads in pursuit of a competitive edge.

Liberal arts majors may cringe as they click on PayScale's underemployment report, expecting to see their program at the top of the list for majors most likely to lead to jobs with low hours and / or in unrelated fields.

Or Middlebury, Amherst, Williams, Smith, Wellesley, Swarthmore, Haverford, Pomona, Reed, or... well, suffice it to say we had a choice of dozens of small colleges that present a similar profile: formally committed to the liberal arts, highly selective in admissions, well - regarded for the quality of their academic programs, and quite openly enthusiastic about a handful of contentious concepts.

By focusing on the well - being of students after graduation in relation to their undergraduate program, the report returned to a basic premise of a liberal - arts education: moral formation for civic life.

The meaning of the liberal arts as educating the «free adult male» was transformed into a program of enhancing human freedom, but this was always perceived in terms of forming and shaping a person.

The primacy of theology was displayed not only in the special prestige of the theological program but also in its influence on the liberal arts.

A couple years ago I wrote about my visit to Augustine College, a nano - institution with paltry resources that offers a one - year program of Christian liberal arts for kids who want serious intellectual and spiritual formation before entering college.

Joseph Clair is director of the William Penn Honors Program and associate dean for the liberal arts at George Fox University, and author of a forthcoming book on Augustine and education.

Such programs have continued at many liberal arts colleges, perhaps especially Catholic ones, but also at Columbia, which raised the flag and never took it down.

For many years, traditionalist thinkers have promoted the teaching of a set of core texts — the «great books» — as a vital element of a liberal arts education during a time when demands for multiculturalism led to the dismantling of a number of traditional programs of study.

On the other hand leaders of the Bible school movement have been developing a theory of liberal arts education with the Bible at its center, and through an accrediting association have moved toward standardization and steady improvement of a program which seeks to synthesize conservative evangelical Christianity with a valid educational ideal.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

In the years following, Sunbridge College's offerings grew, eventually encompassing numerous full - and part - time certificate and degree programs and courses in Waldorf Teacher Education, Biography and Social Art, Liberal Studies, Remedial Education (now the Association for a Healing Education), Waldorf Administration and Community Development, Applied Arts (now the Fiber Craft Studio) and other affiliated fields.

The King's College Athletic Training (AT) Program provides students with individualized, learning - centered athletic training education in the liberal arts tradition, which enables them to become confident, skilled, and principled Certified Athletic Trainers.

«The Princeton Review» praises SUNY Purchase for its excellent conservatories and liberal arts and science programs, and recognizes faculty who «actively work in -LSB-...]

Coughlin says he is committed to helping Siena students attain their personal and professional goals by providing them with academically rigorous and career - focused programs within a liberal arts context steeped in the Franciscan tradition.

After I joined the Neuroscience program, junior year, I explained my research projects to friends of mine from the liberal arts.

Some staunch supporters of liberal arts colleges worry adding such programs will dilute the schools» mission.

The authors acknowledge some liberal arts colleges have «expanded their programs and changed their names to enter into new prestige markets in order to compete against other comprehensive universities instead of against elite liberal arts colleges.»

However, the changing landscape of higher education has prompted a number of liberal arts colleges to adopt professional and vocational programs.

Charles Greer, director of the neuroscience graduate program at Yale University, urged neuroscientists interested in academic work to widen their sights to include smaller universities and liberal arts colleges.

The Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation Program at Canisius (ABEC) combines the rigorous scientific study of Animal Behavior with a values - focused curriculum in the liberal arts tradition.

Like most liberal arts colleges, Wellesley doesn't have a graduate program, and Melissa was worried about her «weird» postdoc status suspended somewhere between undergraduate and faculty.

Establishing an undergraduate research program at a small liberal arts institution has its advantages and disadvantages.

Even as a qualification for faculty jobs at some liberal arts colleges, a postdoc might be a better choice than a VAP, because many such colleges expect you to establish a productive research program.

Biology held an allure for him through high school, and Tatar, drawn by its strong program in that subject, went on to Earlham College, a small liberal arts school in Indiana.

Most liberal arts colleges have generous sabbatical programs.

At Ryerson, I was a bit of an anomaly in a program in which most students had liberal arts backgrounds and many had prior experience in journalism.

The event brought faculty and residents from the clinical departments at the School of Medicine together with researchers from UNLV's programs in Allied Health, Dental Medicine, Sciences, Engineering, and Liberal Arts.

Horwich grew up near Chicago, IL, and graduated from Brown University in a unique program that combined undergraduate liberal arts with a medical degree.

Its customized educational programs combine the liberal arts with preparation for professional life, equipping students to successfully enter graduate school and / or the workforce.

I serve as the Director of the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs at Colby College, a liberal arts college in Maine.

Halley et al. (1991)[8] showed that GRE performance correlates with whether the undergraduate institution has a graduate program, implicitly penalizing students from many liberal arts colleges.

An smaller format honors version of ANT 301 is also offered for participants in the Liberal Arts Honors program.