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Education without liberal arts is a threat to humanity, argues UBC President<\/h1>\n

From engineering to medicine, we have more elaborate and specialized professions than ever.<\/p>\n

But the academic programs that prepare people for them will have little impact on the health of society unless we develop a sense of the human condition. That’s ‘job one’ for the classic liberal arts education: philosophy, history, the great books, art, music and the sciences, too \u2014 at least according to Santa J. Ono<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Full CBC story and podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

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Education without liberal arts is a threat to humanity, argues UBC President From engineering to medicine, we have more elaborate and specialized professions than ever. But the academic programs that prepare people for them will have little impact on the health of society unless we develop a sense of the human condition. 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