Career Education and the Liberal Arts: Are They Incompatible?

Overview & Synopsis

The general question of what an undergraduate education is and how it should be related, if at all, to society as a whole, is discussed. Particular reference is given to the issue of liberal education and its relationship with career education. The thesis is that, although career education and liberal education may be incompatible in a specific curriculum at a specific university, there is no logical necessity nor educational necessity that every curriculum at every university make career education incompatible with liberal education. (Author/TA)