The liberal education
From Peter Berkowitz's sterling essay on the value of a liberal education at The Wall Street Journal:
"Liberal education supposes that while individual rights are shared equally by all, the responsible exercise of those rights is an achievement that depends on cultivating the mind. Reading, writing and arithmetic are the basics that free societies rightly hold parents responsible for ensuring that their children master. Many of these children live productive and satisfying lives with the knowledge and training they acquire by the time they graduate from high school. Still,the liberal education to which our colleges and universities pay lip service represents the culmination of a citizen's preparation for freedom."
"Liberal education supposes that while individual rights are shared equally by all, the responsible exercise of those rights is an achievement that depends on cultivating the mind. Reading, writing and arithmetic are the basics that free societies rightly hold parents responsible for ensuring that their children master. Many of these children live productive and satisfying lives with the knowledge and training they acquire by the time they graduate from high school. Still,the liberal education to which our colleges and universities pay lip service represents the culmination of a citizen's preparation for freedom."
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