Liberal arts college

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Student center at Occidental College, an American liberal arts college

Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum." ^[1] Although the genesis for what is known today as the liberal arts college began in Europe, ^[2] the term is commonly associated with the United States. Liberal arts colleges are found in countries all over the world as well.

1 Lists of schools
2 See also
3 Further reading
4 Notes

[edit] Lists of schools

Main article: List of liberal arts colleges

Main article: List of liberal arts colleges in the United States

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

Harriman, Philip. "Antecedents of the Liberal Arts College." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 6, No. 2 (1935): 63-71.
Pfnister, Allen O. "The Role of the Liberal Arts College." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 55, No. 2 (March/April 1984): 145-170.
Reeves, Floyd W. "The Liberal-Arts College." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 1, No. 7 (1930): 373-380.
Seidel, George. "Saving the Small College." The Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 39, No. 6 (1968): 339-342.