Sentences with phrase «want of a liberal education»

I lament the want of a liberal education.

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Whereas a liberal arts education may provide some basis for viewing the global economy critically and making judgments as to how one wants to relate to it, very few students in universities are exposed to that kind of reflection.

In 1909, President Woodrow Wilson, who was then the president of Princeton University, said «We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class of necessity to forgo the privilege of a liberal education.»

Commenting on Nick Clegg's announcement of summer «catch - up» schools in his speech to the Liberal Democrats Conference, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said this: «In the National Union of Teachers we want every child to have the best possible opportunities and that means investing in education across the board.

So, rather — we're very science heavy, you know, medical education and medical and premedical education here — but you want them to have a good background in the liberal arts of humanities.

Colleges and universities must both prepare students to succeed in a competitive job market and provide the liberal arts foundation necessary for lifelong learning, said the participants in the series, «Preparing for a Good Future: What Kind of Education Do We Want After High School?»

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

It's hard to fault individual parents who want a liberal wonderful education for their kids, but if all of us who can flee the fight for quality public education for all, what you get is sub par factory model a-democratic inequitable authoritarian test driven schools.

For students with a bachelor's degree in the fields of education, liberal arts, fine arts or natural sciences, you will want to consider a master's degree in education rather than another bachelor's degree.