Saving the Liberal Arts Requires a Renaming Not a Reboot
Location
Gorecki Center, Room 204
Start Date
10-7-2018 12:00 PM
End Date
10-7-2018 1:30 PM
Description
Extensive Gallup research points to a clear disconnect between the words “liberal arts” and their perceived value and meaning across key constituencies, including prospective college students and the general public. Although the words are not well understood and do not resonate, the underlying pedagogy of liberal arts is as valuable and needed as it’s ever been. In studying the work and life outcomes of liberal arts graduates, there is a clear and contemporary value proposition to made for a liberal education, including key insights for how to strengthen it in practice. But let’s not call it liberal arts!
Speaker Bio
Mr. Brandon Busteed leads Gallup’s education work. Brandon’s work integrates Gallup’s research and science on talent selection, strengths, engagement, and well-being to improve student success, teacher effectiveness, and educational outcomes. His mission is to create a national movement to measure the educational outcomes that matter most, connect education to jobs and job create, and promote a paradigm shift from knowledge mastery to emotional engagement in education. Busteed has founded two companies and one nonprofit organization as a social entrepreneur. Busteed received his bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University.
Saving the Liberal Arts Requires a Renaming Not a Reboot
Gorecki Center, Room 204
Extensive Gallup research points to a clear disconnect between the words “liberal arts” and their perceived value and meaning across key constituencies, including prospective college students and the general public. Although the words are not well understood and do not resonate, the underlying pedagogy of liberal arts is as valuable and needed as it’s ever been. In studying the work and life outcomes of liberal arts graduates, there is a clear and contemporary value proposition to made for a liberal education, including key insights for how to strengthen it in practice. But let’s not call it liberal arts!