Why Choose the Liberal Arts?

In a world where the value of a liberal arts education is no longer taken for granted,...
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Author: Mark William Roche
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Language: English
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Why Choose the Liberal Arts? by Roche, Mark William

Why Choose the Liberal Arts?

¥7,231

Why Choose the Liberal Arts?

¥7,231
Author: Mark William Roche
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In a world where the value of a liberal arts education is no longer taken for granted, Mark William Roche lucidly and passionately argues for its essential importance. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in higher education as a student, faculty member, and administrator, Roche deftly connects the broad theoretical perspective of educators to the practical needs and questions of students and their parents.

Roche develops three overlapping arguments for a strong liberal arts education: first, the intrinsic value of learning for its own sake, including exploration of the profound questions that give meaning to life; second, the cultivation of intellectual virtues necessary for success beyond the academy; and third, the formative influence of the liberal arts on character and on the development of a sense of higher purpose and vocation. Together with his exploration of these three values--intrinsic, practical, and idealistic--Roche reflects on ways to integrate them, interweaving empirical data with personal experience. Why Choose the Liberal Arts? is an accessible and thought-provoking work of interest to students, parents, and administrators.



Author: Mark William Roche
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 08/20/2010
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780268040321


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 192

About the Author

Mark William Roche is the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German Language and Literature and concurrent Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. From 1997 to 2008, Roche served as dean of Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters. His books include Why Literature Matters in the 21st Century and The Intellectual Appeal of Catholicism and the Idea of a Catholic University, the latter published by the University of Notre Dame Press.


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