The Huffington Post – Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.
“Although politicians often disparage the liberal arts out of ignorance, I’m very much heartened to see that many high school students understand the value, both for individuals and for society, that the liberal arts provide. The high school students I’m thinking about are those who entered the liberal arts essay contest sponsored by the Washington Consortium for the Liberal Arts (WaCLA). High school seniors from across the state of Washington were asked to discuss how the liberal arts might help solve a problem facing the state. The winning essays demonstrated impressive insight into the power a broad liberal education can have while the authors of those essays made it clear that they understood how complex problems necessitate creative, interdisciplinary solutions.”(more)