What is a Liberal arts college?

liberal arts college college focuses on receiving broad education of highest standard, not particularly focus on preparing job-training world. average liberal arts college considered "better" average technical or other college, not true: mit , caltech, example, provide top-notch education blow many liberal arts colleges out of water.

in general, liberal arts college force called "liberal education." means education requires attain high standard of knowledge in every intellectual field. if know want accountant, example, go wharton (a school) , focus on accountancy. if go claremont, forced take classes in math , science, history , language , literature , philosophy or ethics - if you're not interested in history.

idea of "liberal education" instill in knowledge cultured person "should" have. makes cultured , intelligent, not skilled. come out able think , classically "well educated," not able double-accounting. can decide value of trade-off.

1 more time, though, going liberal arts college *usually* considered better going research college (as undergrad), general college, or technical college. liberal arts education valued highly @ top end of job market. not valued @ in other jobs: if want architect, nobody care got english degree @ claremont.

"liberal arts college" defined following:
1. small number of students
2. not have graduate students
3. faculty focus on teaching, not on own research
4. have take classes in many different disciplines
5. tends reasonably hard
6. privileges ideas on practical knowledge

many important research institutions have liberal arts college inside of them. example, though yale , harvard large universities known liberal arts education. if apply 1 of them undergraduate, technically not applying university rather yale college or harvard college (which diploma when out, too); indicates have side research, side focused on undergraduate liberal education claremont.

this guy told me claremont colleges liberal arts colleges. difference between normal college , liberal arts one?

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