Liberal arts units at STEM institutions are often adaptive, ready to innovate, conversant with the culture of tech fields and comfortable aligning their scholarship with colleagues in different disciplines.
Our own active practice of such freely chosen “deliberate amateurism” might help inspire in our students a love for lifetime learning and the world readiness that comes with it.
Cultural competency may be the pinnacle objective of selective liberal arts colleges. But at institutions where students’ family income is under $70,000, it's a luxury.
