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• College graduates are finding work in some fields

  
  Lucrative Investing — Authority: 143
  SmartMoney has an article  talking about seven career fields that college graduates can work. The list is pretty good if you have an accounting, engineering, or computer science (IT) degree, but if you are anyone else things are not looking too good for you. From the article: That liberal arts degree isn’t a ...
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• Three selected for Bobcat Hall of Honor

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 518
  Former Texas State athletes Paul Borreson, Bob Hackney and Tim Staskus have been selected by the Texas State "T" Association to be inducted into the Texas State Athletic Hall of Honor on Nov. 20.
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• The Top Five Mistakes in Law School Personal Statements

  
  Career Transitions — Authority: 91
  Its law school application time and my office is located next to the office of our pre-law advisor for Liberal Arts Career Serivces, Tatem Oldham. I see a steady stream of students meeting with Tatem trying to decide everything from whether they should go to law school in the first place to determining which law ...
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• The Problem with Form

  
  Quiddity — Authority: 468
  I have a problem with people who are obsessed with form and can’t get it past it to the spirit of the thing. A long time ago a man named Mahaffey wrote a little book called Conversation that carried some wonderful counsel on how to be a good conversationalist. In it he said: The man who parades his logic is one ...
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• Why Bother with Art Colleges?

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 154
  If you are pretty talented at art you might not even consider going to Art College. Why should you, anyway? You can draw like the masters: Boticelli, Michaelangeo, Da Vinci. There wasn’t a landscape scene your brushes didn’t like, and there wasn’t any portrait you couldn’t draw. You can sketch anything that ...
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• Experts available to discuss Fort Hood tragedy

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 566
  One hundred miles from Fort Hood, The University of Texas at Austin has various experts available to discuss aspects of Thursday’s shooting.
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• Higher Education: Don’t Ignore Your Liberal Arts Majors

  
  Curran Career Consulting Curran Career Consulting — Authority: 106
  In an Interfolio blog article on November 5, Mike Lovell makes the case that careers offices should pay more attention to their liberal arts majors. He cites a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Katharine Brooks . I applaud Ms. Brooks’ idea of partnering with faculty. I also like the idea ...
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• Are Liberal Arts Degrees Still Valuable?

  
  Career Services Network — Authority: 114
  In an article for MSN Encarta, Nan Mooney, author and journalist, argues that they are.With the increasing knowledge that, more than ever before, a college degree does not automatically lead to a job, it’s easy to think of studying liberal arts as a privilege that not many can afford. There is a clearer path from ...
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• MALAS @ SDSU

  
  Tex[t]-Mex — Authority: 478
  I am the new director of the MALAS Program (awful acronym) at SDSU! Check out our re-tooled website and list of cool classes for Spring 2010! Click the image to your left for direct access and make friends with MALAS here ! tex[t]-mex galleryblog | ©2006-2010 | w. a. nericcio
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• Author of ‘Masters and Savages’ to discuss novel at Auburn University Libraries Nov. 10

  
  Wire Eagle — Authority: 127
  AUBURN – James Dawsey, former faculty member in the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts, will talk about his newest book, "Masters and Savages," on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Department. A reception will follow."Master and Savages" is set in ...
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• Conference addresses migrant restrictions

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 566
  Event: The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin presents a three-day conference "Migration during an Era of Restriction."When: Nov. 4-6Where: The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Union and the AT&T Executive Education and Conference ...
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• Top Favored Liberal Arts Distance Learning Programs

  
  Art Journals — Authority: 144
  The term liberal arts denotes a curriculum that teaches, improves general knowledge and helps in improving a student’s rational thought and intellectual capabilities, unlike the vocational or technical curricula that constantly emphasize on the specialization. The study in the liberal arts helps in reinforcing ...
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• First impressions count when judging personality

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 566
  First impressions do matter when it comes to communicating personality through appearance, according to new research by psychologists Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University and Sam Gosling of The University of Texas at Austin. You must have Javascript enabled and the Flash 8 plugin installed to view this slideshow. ...
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• Why Formal?

  
  Quiddity — Authority: 468
  Maybe I’ve already addressed this but I know it’s a big question and one that needs to be thought about as completely as possible. Why teach formal grammar? Why not just teach it as it comes up, as the need arises? I want to be sure to not create a disagreement where none exists. I think you should teach grammar ...
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• Harvard Students to Study The Wire

  
  Vulture — Authority: 795
  Ah, how we miss the undergrad life: Waking up at the crack of noon, hitting the cafeteria with your friends, then maybe or maybe not going to class, depending on how much TV we had to catch up on. Well, it seems that up in the hallowed halls of Harvard, one professor is hoping to fool students into going to class by ...
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• When and How to Teach Grammar: II – Reflections on studying a foreign language

  
  Quiddity — Authority: 468
  For two thousand years, no one in the western tradition challenged the notion that education should be based on the liberal arts, starting with grammar… It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century in America that a full-fledged revolt against the liberal arts occurred. David Mulroy The War Against ...
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• A Young Couple Assesses Their Hazardous and Abusive Drinking and Their Short and Long-Term Hopes, Dreams, and Aspirations

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 150
  Merissa and Augie have been in a dating relation for fivesome years. They met patch attractive the aforementioned story of civilization class at a relatively large, countryside, Church affiliated progressive subject college effected in the Western conception of the United States. While they were mainly beatific pals ...
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• A Young Couple Assesses Their Irresponsible and Heavy Drinking and Their Short and Long-Term Hopes, Dreams, and Aspirations

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 150
  Augie and Merissa have been dating digit added for quaternary years. They met patch attractive the aforementioned physics class at a medium size, rural, clannish progressive subject college settled in the Eastern conception of the U.S. While they were only beatific friends at first, they finally began dating when they ...
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• A Young Couple Reviews Their Heavy and Abusive Drinking and Their Short and Long-Term Aspirations, Hopes, and Dreams

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 150
  Merissa and Augie have been dating digit added for seven-and-a-half years. They met patch attractive the aforementioned social anthropology class at a relatively small, countryside, Church affiliated progressive subject college settled in the Northern conception of the United States. While they were meet beatific pals ...
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• A Young Couple Evaluates Their Abusive and Irresponsible Drinking and Their Short and Long-Term Hopes, Plans, and Dreams

  
  Fit Healthy Well — Authority: 143
  Merissa and Augie have been dating one another for six years. They met while taking the same current affairs class at a relatively small, country, liberal arts college located in the Midwestern part of the United States. While they were mainly good friends at first, they eventually started dating when they were in ...
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