"A
liberal arts education teaches you how to view events from a sociological and historical
perspective, and is absolutely essential for enlightened corporate planning. Most
important is your communication ability, the skill business needs most."
Roger Smith, former Chairman,
General Motors Corporation
"To a remarkable degree, the
liberal arts can provide the necessary skills required by the global business
decision-maker in a volatile political and economic world."
Steve Barrett, Chairman and CEO, Research
& Forecasts, Inc. |
Employers list good listening, oral
communication skills, team work, flexibility, problem solving and critical analysis as the
most vital skills for today’s graduates, all of which are the products of a liberal
arts education. Students who have actively participated in the learning process are able
to apply these transferable skills on-the-job as well as being quickly able to learn
specific job-related skills. Humanities degrees prepare students for
‘employability’ for life. 
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"I
am convinced that the future leadership of corporate America will depend on those who have
experienced the varied rigors of a liberal arts education as opposed to narrower, more
specialized courses of instruction. Ours is an increasingly complex world. Successful
executives will be those who understand and interpret complex relationships. To be
effective demands continual reconsideration of assumptions underlying old and familiar
networks…as well as the gathering and sorting of new information."
Thomas H. Wyman,
former Chairman, CBS, Inc. |
