In Defense of a Liberal Education

by Fareed Zakaria

Book Overview

The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While at a General Electric plant in early 2014, Obama remarked, "I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." These messages...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393247686
• ISBN13: 9780393247688
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"