Humanities Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text====In liberal arts education==== [[The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences]] 2013 report, ''The Heart of the Matter, supports'' the notion of a broad "[[Liberal arts colleges|liberal arts education]]", which includes study in disciplines from the natural sciences to the arts as well as the humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/18/humanities-social-sciences-column/2436093/ |date=Jun 18, 2013 |first1=Norman |last1=Augustine |first2=David |last2=Skorton |title=Humanities, social sciences critical to our future |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016114736/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/18/humanities-social-sciences-column/2436093/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428644/august-15-2013/richard-brodhead |title=The Colbert Report: Richard Brodhead |date= August 15, 2013 |website=Colbert Nation |access-date=2013-09-09 |archive-date=2013-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909041842/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428644/august-15-2013/richard-brodhead |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many [[colleges]] provide such an education; some require it. The [[University of Chicago]] and [[Columbia University]] were among the first schools to require an extensive [[core curriculum]] in philosophy, literature, and the arts for all students.<ref>[[Louis Menand]], "The Problem of General Education", in ''The Marketplace of Ideas'' (W. W. Norton, 2010), especially pp. 32–43.</ref> Other colleges with nationally recognized, mandatory programs in the liberal arts are [[Fordham University]], [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College]], [[Saint Anselm College]] and [[Providence College]]. Prominent proponents of liberal arts in the United States have included [[Mortimer J. Adler]]<ref>Adler, Mortimer J.; "A Guidebook to Learning: For the Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom"</ref> and [[E. D. Hirsch, Jr.]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page