Liberal Education Initiative

The Currency of the Liberal Arts and Sciences: Rethinking Liberal Education in Wisconsin

Look Who's Talking ... About Liberal Education!

There are many ways to articulate the value and purpose of a liberal education. Following are links to articles, speeches, and op-ed pieces by UW System and other Wisconsin leaders on why a liberal education is, as Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton likes to say, "the price of admission to a twenty-first century knowledge economy."

• "Liberal Education in the Community: UW Oshkosh weaves culture of lifelong learning," UW-Oshkosh Magazine, Spring 2007. (2.7 MB pdf)
    
• Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton's remarks to the UW Board of Regents, August 17, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin.
   
• "The Discipline and the Furniture of the Mind," Speech by Kevin Reilly, UW System President, to Phi Beta Kappa Induction Banquet, UW-Madison, April 22, 2006. (26 kb pdf)
   
• Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton, Keynote Address to the 2006 Association of American Colleges & Universities National Conference, January 26, 2006, Washington, D.C. (64 kb pdf)
   
• Remarks to the UW-Marathon County Honors Reception by Mark Bradley, Vice President of the UW System Board of Regents. (24 kb pdf)
   
• Wisconsin public radio program, The West Side, on Liberal Education and UW-Eau Claire Campus-Community Dialogue, March 6, 2006.
  (Check under March 6, 2006 of the Audio archives for The West Side)
   
• "A Liberating Education: UW-Oshkosh takes a LEAP forward," UW-Oshkosh Magazine, Spring 2006. (2.1 MB pdf)
   
• "An Essential Education: A strong liberal studies program at UW-Oshkosh prepares students to be innovative, creative professionals," UW-Oshkosh Magazine, Fall 2006. (4.4 MB pdf)
   
• "A Liberal Education: Priceless, even by conservative estimate," Chancellor's FYI, by Bruce Shepard, Chancellor, UW-Green Bay, October 2005.
   
• Opening Day Remarks by Michael Zimmerman, Former Dean of the College of Letters & Science, UW-Oshkosh, September 6, 2005. (38 kb pdf)
   
• Op-Ed Guest Column by Don Christian, Dean of Arts & Sciences at UW-Eau Claire, and Rebecca Karoff, Academic Planner, UW System Office of Academic and Student Services, to Badger Herald, March 27, 2006. (website)