Hesburgh praises liberal arts
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“ R ight n o w w e ’re in a voca tiona l tre n d ,” Father T heo d o re H esburgh said last n igh t. “ Many regard educa t io n as so m e th ing th a t gets us a job , b u t i f th a t’s all th e re is to it, then educa tio n is a p re tty p o o r buiness.” In h is le c tu re e n tit le d “ T he Value o f a L ibera l E duca tion ,” H esburgh stressed the im p o rta n ce o f lea rn ing to be a hum an be ing and a person as w e ll as h o w to p e rfo rm spec ified tasks. "A d d in g the w o rd lib e ra l’ to ‘e d u ca tio n ’ g rea tly enhances the d e fin it io n ,” he said. He w e n t on to say tha t eve ry s tuden t at N o tre Dam e is re q u ire d to take some lib e ra l arts courses in o rd e r to becom e m ore w e ll-ro u n d e d . Hesburgh spoke o f spec ific issues w h ic h a lib e ra l e d u ca tio n shou ld cause the in d iv id u a l to cons ide r, such as love and hate, reason and fa ith , and good and evil. He w e n t on to co m m e n t tha t “ h o w to do i t ” sub jec ts do no t raise these issues. In recen t years, h ig h e r educa tio n has igno red the d isc ip lines, such as ph ilo so p hy and theo logy , w h ic h a l lo w students to fo llo w up these questions and it is im p e ra tive to p u t
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