{"id":1334,"date":"2014-05-16T14:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T14:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2014-08-13T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T11:34:08","slug":"globe-mail-article-liberal-arts-canadian-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bhum\/2014\/globe-mail-article-liberal-arts-canadian-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe and Mail \u2014 Liberal Arts and Canadian Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Helfand, the president and vice-chancellor of the private <a title=\"Quest University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.questu.ca\">Quest University<\/a>, in Squamish B.C., argues that the current trend in Canadian Universities towards jobs training runs against what employers want, and against current trends in the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>See the Globe and Mail article, <a title=\"globe and mail article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/education\/education-lab\/as-canada-pushes-job-ready-skills-the-rest-of-the-world-embraces-liberal-arts\/article18492798\/\">Liberal arts is the future of work, so why is Canada pushing &#8216;job-ready&#8217; skills?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Helfand, the president and vice-chancellor of the private Quest University, in Squamish B.C., argues that the current trend in Canadian Universities towards jobs training runs against what employers want, and against current trends in the rest of the world. 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