#playthebside

…a liberal arts education, given the new work environment of the 21st century, when people will have multiple career trajectories during their lives, may be more crucial than ever. It trains students to probe and ask questions; to look at more than one side of an argument; to open their hearts and minds to other worldviews; to do research to try to figure out the best solutions to problems; to develop analytical thinking, which never goes out of style; to write and speak clearly and forcefully; to accept failure as part of the process of success; and to be flexible in adapting to new work routines and challenges. This habit of mind—adaptive, open to new ideas and challenges, accepting of difference, understanding of history—is exactly what young people need to succeed now more than ever, and precisely what the defunders of higher education do not want young people to ever acquire.

Susan J. Douglas (via thesmithian)