The Value of the Liberal Arts and What It Means for Orientation Professionals

The Value of the Liberal Arts and What It Means for Orientation Professionals

The university was founded on a tradition of liberal arts education, but in recent years, attention to these fields has diminished. The current study examined the hiring of liberal arts graduates by businesses, in the hopes that orientation professionals can use the findings to help new students ove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penny Fripp Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2002-06-01
Series:Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention
Subjects:
liberal arts
enrollment
orientation
employment
degree
university of georgia
georgia institute of technology
college of charleston
university of the south
career services
Online Access:https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/jcotr/article/view/2546
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Summary:The university was founded on a tradition of liberal arts education, but in recent years, attention to these fields has diminished. The current study examined the hiring of liberal arts graduates by businesses, in the hopes that orientation professionals can use the findings to help new students overcome fears and misconceptions about the value of a liberal arts degree.
ISSN:1534-2263
2690-4535

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