Summary Of The New Liberal Arts By Sanford Ungar

In Sanford J. Ungar’s article, The New Liberal Arts, he mainly talks about how hard and difficult it is for people to achieve a Liberal Arts Degree. Ungar mostly uses Logos and Ethos, and lists seven common misperception about liberal arts education. Then he precedes to explain why they are not so. Ungar is the President of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of “Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants” and “Africa: The People and Politics of an Emerging Continent.” Ungar also has worked in broadcast journalism both at National Public Radio and at the Voice of America, the U.S. government-funded broadcast network for a global audience. The purpose of this article is that it recommends a liberal arts college education for

He uses his prior reliability to argue the relevance and importance of a liberal arts education. He says there are many common misperception about the Liberal Arts and lists what he believes are the seven biggest misperception of today. Ungar states, “Hard economic times inevitably bring scrutiny of all accepted ideals and institutions, and this time around liberal arts education has been especially hard hit.” He believes the main reason the liberal arts education is under such an attack is because of these misperception. Having accepted his knowledge and experience with the difficulty of a liberal arts education, Ungar makes use of statistics, the structure of his essay, a likeable tone, and the audience’s feelings regarding the recent U.S. economic recession to appeal to his

Jobs are looking for you to be well rounded, and having a liberal arts degree opens the door for you to be able to accomplish that. Ungar goes on to explain how there is a misperception about college graduates not being able to find jobs with a liberal arts education. Ungar uses a survey to show that companies actually prefer employees that have the skills and knowledge that a liberal arts education offers. Ungar states that some believe a liberal arts education is unsuccessful. The article prompts the reader to his thoughts on the subject and, therefore, the reader is automatically inclined to believe that what Ungar says is true. The liberal arts involve taking courses and procuring a degree in Arts or Sciences. These courses will be in general areas of study, like philosophy, mathematics, literature and so. A liberal arts education is more helpful than a career education because it proves graduates with a better chance of employment, develop skills that are an advantage globally and locally and, lastly,