Why Bother with a Liberal Arts Education?: A Debate - Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Why Bother with a Liberal Arts Education?: A Debate

Watch this debate to develop a better understanding of the merits (or lack thereof) of a liberal arts education.

Should you invest in a liberal arts education? If so, why? How can you use your liberal arts background? How can the liberal arts enrich your life? And how can you make each book, theory, and idea count?

The debaters are Dr. Bryan Caplan, author of The Case Against Education, and Dr. Brookes Brown, director of the Law, Liberty, and Justice Program at Clemson University. The moderator is Dr. Harrison Kleiner, assistant professor of philosophy at Utah State University.

ISI hosted this debate on November 29, 2018.

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