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the liberal artkathlen parkersummaryLearning Objectives

This assignment is designed to teach you to structure an effective argument in response to a specific topic. It also asks you to practice careful, critical reading and argumentation. Upon completion, you should be familiar with:

  • The elements required for an effective, argumentative reading response.
  • Introducing a source text with author’s name, article title, and publication date.
  • Using MLA Citation to document sources.
  • Summarizing a writer’s main idea.
  • Clearly articulating your own point of view effectively for your audience.
  • Explaining and supporting your point of view using examples and sources.

Task

For this essay, you will write an argument in response to the issue of a liberal arts education at the university. Considering Sanford J. Unger’s article, “The New Liberal Arts,” and the supplementary articles on similar topics (Fallows, TBA, and TBA), determine what you think about liberal arts education. Make an argument that answers this question: Given your experience and background, how do you think a university education in America today should balance liberal arts and professional training?

Structure and Requirements

For this essay you will design the structure of your argument to effectively persuade your audience. This means the first step of your essay planning is for you to determine how your argument will be presented to the reader. See the grading rubric for a list of items that should be included in your essay.

Helpful Tools

  • MLA Citation Style Guide: Use the MLA guides in your handbook and from Blackboard to help you properly cite using MLA

Audience and Purpose

Your audience for this essay is other Writing 100 students at Philadelphia University who have read Ungar, but not all of the supplementary articles. Your purpose is to persuade your audience that your argument about liberal arts education is correct. (You may agree with Ungar, disagree, or agree somewhat; there is no wrong answer.)

Formatting

  • Typed, double-spaced, standard, 12-point font
  • MLA format for citation including Works Cited page
  • 1300 words



ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT


Introduction


A single introductory paragraph framing the topic and your perspective.


A brief introduction to Ungar’s article including title, author, date to contextualize your discussion.


A specific thesis statement arguing for your point of view about liberal arts education. It should appear at the end of the opening paragraph. It should be specific and interesting.


Body


Clear organization of paragraphs to illustrate the key points that will support your thesis.


Topic sentences that indicate the main point of the paragraph and how it relates to your argument (for unity).


Transitions between paragraphs to guide the reader through your points.


Explanation of helpful examples from your own experience to develop your argument.


Explanation of supporting source information to develop your argument.


Proper integration (sandwiching) of quotations and paraphrase with correct MLA citation.


Use of two sources including Ungar and TBA or TBA to help you develop your point of view.


Correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure especially regarding articles (the, a, an), subject-verb agreement, verb tense, and run-on sentences.


Conclusion


A concluding paragraph restating your thesis claim.


Interesting and insightful closing remarks.


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Hickenlooper defeats Beauprez for Colorado governor Since 1985, the price of higher education has increased 538 percent, according to a new study from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group that encourages trustees and alumni to foster improvement where institutions may be reluctant to go against popular trends. 1 of 60 ) * The best editorial cartoons of 2014 (so far) A collection of cartoons from around the country. -(Jack Ohman/The Sacramento Bee) For perspective, compare tuition increases to a “mere” 286 percent increase in medical costs and a 121 percent increase in the consumer price index during the same period, according to the ACTA. Although the council confined its research in this study — “Education or Reputation?” — to the 29 top-ranked liberal-arts schools in the nation, where tuition, boarding and books typically run more than $50,000 per year, the trends 2 of 5 11/5/14, 2:04 PM Kathleen Parker: The diminishing returns of a college education - The W... http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-the-diminishin... highlighted are not confined to smaller, elite institutions. These include an increasing lack of academic rigor, grade inflation, high administrative costs and a lack of intellectual diversity. While these recent findings are not so surprising to those who follow such studies, one can still be stunned by what can only be described as a breach of trust between colleges and the students they attract with diversions and amenities that have little bearing on education and that will be of little use in the job market. One need only be reminded of the recent scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where a whistleblower revealed that phony classes and fake grades have been offered, mostly to athletes, since the 1990s. UNC, one of the historically great institutions of higher learning quite apart from its legendary basketball team, is scrambling now to repair its damaged reputation with oversight and other fixes. But reputations, cultivated over decades and sometimes centuries, are like love — hard to repair once trust is broken. On the flip side, the ACTA proposes that many schools, rather than offering the educational quality that earned them a golden reputation in the first place, often depend on public reverence for the past rather than present performance. Of great concern is the diminishing focus on core curricula — the traditional arts and science coursework essential to developing the critical thinking necessary for civic participation. Among the 29 schools surveyed by the ACTA, only three require U.S. government or history, just two require economics and five colleges have no requirements at 3 of 5 11/5/14, 2:04 PM Kathleen Parker: The diminishing returns of a college education - The W... http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-the-diminishin... all. In a separate study, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy found that though Americans pay the highest per-pupil tuition rates in the world, most graduates fall below proficiency in such simple cognitive tasks as comparing viewpoints in two editorials or buying food when the price is given per ounce. Instead of the basics, students might look forward to more entertaining fare, such as Middlebury College’s “Mad Men and Mad Women,” an examination of masculinity and femininity in mid-20th-century America via the television show “Mad Men.” I confess I’d enjoy a dinner discussion along these lines, but as an education consumer, I’m not sure a semester-long investigation is worth even a tiny percentage of the tuition. ACTA President Anne Neal acknowledged that such courses may be interesting and even valuable. “What we do question, however, is allowing such classes to stand in lieu of a broad-based American history or government requirement,” she said, “when we know how severely lacking students’ historical literacy can be.” Given the ever-escalating tuition costs, one may wonder where all that money is going. Out of the 29 colleges evaluated, 22 have administrative budgets that are at least one-third of what the schools spend on instruction. More than a third of the college presidents earn as much or more than the president of the United States ($400,000) for running these schools, many of which have fewer than 2,000 students. 4 of 5 11/5/14, 2:04 PM Kathleen Parker: The diminishing returns of a college education - The W... http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-the-diminishin... Other findings of the 46-page report are equally compelling but too lengthy for this space. Summed up: American students are paying too much for too little — and this, too, should concern Obama as he examines ways to make college more affordable. Getting people into college is only half the battle. Getting them out with a useful education seems an equal challenge. Read more from Kathleen Parker’s archive, follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Read more about this topic: Robert J. Samuelson: It’s time to drop the college-for-all crusade Katrina vanden Heuvel: Free college? We can afford it. Charles Lane: Colleges are headed for a reckoning William E. Kirwan: Not college for all, but college for more 5 of 5 11/5/14, 2:04 PM Summary for Sanford J. Ungar “The New Liberal Arts” In the article The New Liberal Arts, written by Sanford J. Ungar in the book (They Say I Say), the author mentions seven misunderstandings about the liberal arts education in the United States and explains his view by showing the peoples understanding. In the first misunderstanding, most people see that liberal arts education is financial burden and cannot find lucrative employment opportunities. On the other hand, the author opinion’s the liberal arts give people who have this kind of arts degree multi-personal skills such as writing, speaking, and how to recognize the science concepts. Second misunderstanding, Ungar argues that the college graduate of liberal arts education may face troubles finding good jobs but this is not true, based on a survey for the association of American colleges and universities shows more than half of the nation suggest that collegebund students follow that school. Third point, most people think that liberal arts education mainly for rich people and they will hold the critical thinking, as Ungar mentioned this is not true when he gave us an example of president Obama how he has been raised by a single mother and came from a poor place as well. The forth misunderstanding is that a liberal arts education covers many majors beside art such as science and math and shows the historical back ground of the liberal art education by showing trivium and quadrivium. In the fifth misunderstanding, liberal arts students have nothing to do with the liberal democrats who are ruling the United States. Democratic is part of the liberal studies but is very conservative. Sixth misunderstanding, Ungar discusses that America is not the only country that appreciate the liberal arts education but he shows that China is one of the country that appreciates liberal art as well. In the last misunderstanding, Ungar shows that the general educations in the U.S are too expensive and going out of control as well as the liberal arts even that it has no demand but the cost is increasing. In conclusion, Ungar shows that schools should take more care in the liberal arts in all its stages because it helps us to understand and build eternal truths within us. The writer himself confirms this when he says, “Through immersion in liberal arts, students learn not just make a living, but also to live a life rich in values and character” (Ungar,p190). In other words, the liberal arts add many things to human in terms of understanding life and deal with it as required. In fact, life practical has required that individuals must have a diverse knowledge in various fields of life, which individuals can learn throughout liberal arts. At the same time, the liberal arts also help to have the idea of finding solutions to problems; thus it enhances the innovation and creation inside individuals.
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