November 12, 2004

Liberal Arts: Vocation vs. Vocational

By ELIZABETH STONE

Recently the news media have been abuzz about a growing -- and to some, an unwelcome -- trend now evident at even the most selective liberal-arts colleges. According to The New York Times, for example, several institutions, including Amherst, Colgate, Columbia, and the University of Southern California, are owning up to helping their students acquire "job skills" in "vocational classes."

To hear some people talk about it, you would think this means that the liberal arts are

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