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In How to Think: The Liberal Arts and Their Enduring Value, Professor Michael D. C. Drout gives an impassioned defense and celebration of the value of the liberal arts. Charting the evolution of the liberal arts from their roots in the educational system of Ancient Rome through the Middle Ages and to the present day, Drout shows how the liberal arts have consistently been "the tools to rule", essential to the education of the leaders of society. Offering a reasoned defense of their continuing value, Drout also provides suggestions for improving the state of the liberal arts in contemporary society.

Where do college majors come from? Where are they headed?Anti-Racism and the Disciplines is a podcast miniseries that answers these questions by exploring the social, political, and cultural forces that helped shape the liberal arts as we know them today, and by advancing ideas for more equitable and welcoming practices in higher education.Host Brian Edwards, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University, interviews leading Black scholars to examine the complex histories of the disciplines in the liberal arts and to reimagine the kind of anti-racist scholarship and teaching that the ...

Tune in for conversations with powerful minds from the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. In each episode, you will hear fascinating stories showcasing research projects that are preserving and empowering humanity.Whether you're a scholar or just curious about how we study the human experience, this podcast will give you an inside look on projects impacting various aspects of society -- from health and education to policy and business.

We are asking the experts why things are the way they are. Why do interstates cut through cities? What does my social media post say about me? We are finding the "why" to questions you didn't even know you had. Join us for a chat with Auburn Experts from the College of Liberal Arts to learn all the things you didn't know, you didn't know.

A 48 - 50 minute podcast by faculty members of the College of Liberal and Applied Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University. We hold lively debates related to American society and culture based a on a single question: - Why do we love horror films? - How should American history be taught? - Why are people fascinated by serial killers? - Where do urban legends come from? - Do we need the Electoral College? - Why are conspiracy theories so prevalent? - Why are there still Confederate statues? - Why does social media dominate our lives? - What are the limits to free speech?