Nuancing Interdisciplinarity: Between and Beyond Liberal Arts and Professional Education

• Main Author: Trinidad, Jose Eos R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: interdisciplinary studies; liberal arts; professional education; university; higher education; Higher Education; Liberal Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/is-faculty-pubs/37; https://ajol.ateneo.edu/paha/articles/535/6837
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In an environment of ever-increasing cost of higher education and a precarious economic market, students and families labor over the right “major.” Although many opt for technical and professional training, not a few still advocate for a liberal arts education. In this essay, I argue that interdisci...