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Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts
Liberal arts

The term liberal arts refers to the education derived from the Classical education curriculum....
. The Encyclopędia Britannica
Encyclopędia Britannica

The Encyclop?dia Britannica is a general English language encyclopedia published by Encyclop?dia Britannica, Inc., a privately held company....
 Concise defines "liberal arts" as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational
Vocational education

Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training , also called Career and Technical Education , prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academics and totally related to a specific trade, employment or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates....
, or technical curriculum." Although what is known today as the liberal arts college began in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the term is commonly associated with the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts
Liberal arts

The term liberal arts refers to the education derived from the Classical education curriculum....
. The Encyclopędia Britannica
Encyclopędia Britannica

The Encyclop?dia Britannica is a general English language encyclopedia published by Encyclop?dia Britannica, Inc., a privately held company....
 Concise defines "liberal arts" as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational
Vocational education

Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training , also called Career and Technical Education , prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academics and totally related to a specific trade, employment or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates....
, or technical curriculum." Although what is known today as the liberal arts college began in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the term is commonly associated with the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Liberal arts colleges are found in countries all over the world as well. Examples of such colleges are Williams College
Williams College

Williams College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock....
 in the United States and Bishop's University
Bishop's University

Bishop's University is a small Liberal arts college in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Located in the borough of Lennoxville, Quebec, Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language ....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
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See also

  • College of Arts and Sciences
    College of Arts and Sciences

    A College of Arts and Sciences or School of Arts and Sciences is most commonly a unit within a university which focuses on instruction of the liberal arts and pure sciences, especially in North America and the Philippines, although they frequently include programs and faculty in fine arts, social sciences, and other disciplines....
  • Great Books Program
    Great Books Program

    A university or college Great Books Program is a program inspired by the Great Books movement begun in the United States in the 1920s. The aim of such programs is a return to the Western Liberal Arts tradition in education, as a corrective to the extreme disciplinary specialisation common within the academy....


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Further reading

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