A couple of months ago, I blogged about a speech that was delivered by Donald Markwell, the Warden of Rhodes House at Oxford University and the Trent University Ashley Fellow for 2010.
During Markwell's fellowship this past February, he also presented in a forum with Edward J Nell, Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research (located in New York City). The title of the forum, "The End of Liberal Education" presented critical questions and thoughts regarding the importance of a liberal education in the 21st century. Furthermore, the speech highlights the academic skills you can obtain from a liberal arts education and how such skills will help you in the workforce. In addition, Markwell alludes to international examples where universities have embraced liberal education in China, Singapore and South Korea.
How is this related to Trent? Trent is still considered a liberal arts university and prides itself on its interdisciplinary education. Indeed, Markwell also spoke to interdisciplinarity being the keystone to a liberal arts education. My undergrad programs at Trent were Environmental Studies and Geography. Both were very interdisciplinary allowing students to explore and critically evaluate a variety of themes/topics and understand how they connect to one another. For example, the bridge between science and policy analysis; something I learned about and explored in a number of classes.
I would highly recommend you take a few minutes to read Don Markwell's speech on the importance of liberal education around the world:
http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/files/On_liberal_education_February_9_2010.doc
During Markwell's fellowship this past February, he also presented in a forum with Edward J Nell, Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research (located in New York City). The title of the forum, "The End of Liberal Education" presented critical questions and thoughts regarding the importance of a liberal education in the 21st century. Furthermore, the speech highlights the academic skills you can obtain from a liberal arts education and how such skills will help you in the workforce. In addition, Markwell alludes to international examples where universities have embraced liberal education in China, Singapore and South Korea.
How is this related to Trent? Trent is still considered a liberal arts university and prides itself on its interdisciplinary education. Indeed, Markwell also spoke to interdisciplinarity being the keystone to a liberal arts education. My undergrad programs at Trent were Environmental Studies and Geography. Both were very interdisciplinary allowing students to explore and critically evaluate a variety of themes/topics and understand how they connect to one another. For example, the bridge between science and policy analysis; something I learned about and explored in a number of classes.
I would highly recommend you take a few minutes to read Don Markwell's speech on the importance of liberal education around the world:
http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/files/On_liberal_education_February_9_2010.doc
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