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Renewing the Spirit of the Liberal Arts
- The Journal of General Education
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 62, Numbers 2-3, 2013
- pp. 77-83
- 10.1353/jge.2013.0014
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The spirit of the liberal arts has been undermined by overspecialization, and it has been further damaged by the increase in emphasis on the economic purpose of education. The spirit might be renewed by using the aims of the liberal arts to develop every course we teach.