liberal arts

French students debate mandatory philosophy exam

Some say ‘philo’ is demoralizing, elitist and unrealistic

Doorman and ditch digger wasn’t what I expected with a B.A.

A graduate’s call for policies to discourage studying arts

Harry Potter casts spell on Canadian campuses

Students connect through Potter clubs and classes

Charge more for arts than science? Bad idea.

Prof. Pettigrew: We neglect our great truths at our peril.

The jobs economy isn’t everything

Pettigrew applies logic to the debate over the value of arts

The decline of the B.A. continues

But will business degrees really lead to better jobs?

The student’s Quest

From dirt and dreams to student favourite: what’s different about Quest University is pretty much everything

That Beatles M.A.: where art thou, Melody Ziff?

An enterprise that has the silliness baked right in

That Beatles M.A.: where art thou, Melody Ziff?

Colby Cosh on Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy’s world-first “graduate degree in the Beatles”

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It’s time for private universities

If governments won’t support the liberal arts, someone else is going to have to do it.

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Relax, the liberal arts are not going anywhere

Students are still flocking to study the soft sciences

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How not to defend the liberal arts

Study philosophy if you are bothered by philosophical problems