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Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections. --T. Gutteridge, Choice

Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections. </p> <em>--</em>T. Gutteridge, <em>Choice</em></p> I was pleased, encouraged, and enlightened by this carefully sculpted empirical investigation. It is interesting and essential readings for deans, faculty, prospective employers, and, most importantly, students (and their parents) who are thinking about majoring in the liberal arts. </p> --Joseph Galaskiewicz, <em>Contemporary Sociology</em></p> <em> Liberal Education and the Corporation</em> provides a useful starting point for liberalized discussion of possibilities </p> <strong>--</strong>Taylor Durham, <em>The Journal of Higher Education</em></p>

<p> Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections. <p> --T. Gutteridge, Choice

-Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections.- --T. Gutteridge, Choice -I was pleased, encouraged, and enlightened by this carefully sculpted empirical investigation. It is interesting and essential readings for deans, faculty, prospective employers, and, most importantly, students (and their parents) who are thinking about majoring in the liberal arts.- --Joseph Galaskiewicz, Contemporary Sociology -Liberal Education and the Corporation provides a useful starting point for liberalized discussion of possibilities- --Taylor Durham, The Journal of Higher Education ""Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections."" --T. Gutteridge, Choice ""I was pleased, encouraged, and enlightened by this carefully sculpted empirical investigation. It is interesting and essential readings for deans, faculty, prospective employers, and, most importantly, students (and their parents) who are thinking about majoring in the liberal arts."" --Joseph Galaskiewicz, Contemporary Sociology ""Liberal Education and the Corporation provides a useful starting point for liberalized discussion of possibilities"" --Taylor Durham, The Journal of Higher Education ""Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections."" --T. Gutteridge, Choice ""I was pleased, encouraged, and enlightened by this carefully sculpted empirical investigation. It is interesting and essential readings for deans, faculty, prospective employers, and, most importantly, students (and their parents) who are thinking about majoring in the liberal arts."" --Joseph Galaskiewicz, Contemporary Sociology ""Liberal Education and the Corporation provides a useful starting point for liberalized discussion of possibilities"" --Taylor Durham, The Journal of Higher Education ""Drawing upon research supported by the Corporate Council on the Liberal Arts, Useem examines the value of liberal arts education in today's workplace. In so doing, he focuses especially upon the comparative labor-market advantages of liberal arts graduates as compared to individuals educated in business and engineering programs... The research and conclusions contained in this volume are both provocative and insightful. Corporate executives, public policy developers, and students alike will benefit from reading it. Academic and public library collections."" --T. Gutteridge, Choice

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Michael Useem is professor of sociology and management at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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