Why Do the Liberal Arts Matter?
Scott Samuelson, author of The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone talks about why he teaches Plato to plumbers at a community college in Iowa. You can read his piece in\xa0The Atlantic\xa0and also visit his\xa0website.\xa0\n\xa0\nThen Eva Badowska, Fordham University\u2019s Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, talks about why a liberal arts degree is vital to the workforce and how statistics tell us liberal arts majors are better off in the long run.