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Probably should capital Arts. Expanded. Will add redirect from old title.
In the United States, a '''liberal arts college''' refers to an institution of higher learning which exclusively or mainly grants undergraduate degrees, such as the Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) and Bachelor of Sciences (B. S.)
A ''university,'' in constrast, which usually has one (or more) undergraduate "colleges," and also has "graduate schools," which require an undergraduate degree for entrance. A university might have a medical school, a law school, a business school, possibly schools of agriculture, music, veterinary medicine, divinity, etc.
The phrase "liberal arts" was coined in classical times. It traditionally included the "trivium" of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and the "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. One liberal arts college expresses its modern meaning thus:
:A successful undergraduate education should primarily develop the essential skills of writing, researching, articulating and defending ideas, and working with others—the skills that prepare graduates for leadership in most any career.<ref>[http://www.williams.edu/admission/academics.php Williams College: Academics], Williams College website</ref>
Top-ranked liberal arts colleges include Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Middlebury, Carleton, Bowdoin, Pomona, Haverford, and Davidson.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1libartco_brief.php Liberal Arts Colleges: Top Schools], U. S. News and World Report]. The colleges of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)<ref>[http://www.nescac.com/ NESCAC]: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams</ref> are called the "little Ivies" and are sometimes seen analogous to the universities of the [[Ivy League]]. Most of them were historically men's colleges. The "Seven Sisters," another famous group, were historically women's liberal arts colleges; of the original seven, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Bryn Mawr, and Barnard remain women's colleges; Wellesley and Vassar are coeducational; and Radcliffe no longer exists as an undergraduate college.<ref>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/about/12812.shtml The Seven Sisters], Mount Holyoke's website</ref>
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A ''university,'' in constrast, which usually has one (or more) undergraduate "colleges," and also has "graduate schools," which require an undergraduate degree for entrance. A university might have a medical school, a law school, a business school, possibly schools of agriculture, music, veterinary medicine, divinity, etc.
The phrase "liberal arts" was coined in classical times. It traditionally included the "trivium" of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and the "quadrivium" of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. One liberal arts college expresses its modern meaning thus:
:A successful undergraduate education should primarily develop the essential skills of writing, researching, articulating and defending ideas, and working with others—the skills that prepare graduates for leadership in most any career.<ref>[http://www.williams.edu/admission/academics.php Williams College: Academics], Williams College website</ref>
Top-ranked liberal arts colleges include Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Middlebury, Carleton, Bowdoin, Pomona, Haverford, and Davidson.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1libartco_brief.php Liberal Arts Colleges: Top Schools], U. S. News and World Report]. The colleges of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)<ref>[http://www.nescac.com/ NESCAC]: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams</ref> are called the "little Ivies" and are sometimes seen analogous to the universities of the [[Ivy League]]. Most of them were historically men's colleges. The "Seven Sisters," another famous group, were historically women's liberal arts colleges; of the original seven, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Bryn Mawr, and Barnard remain women's colleges; Wellesley and Vassar are coeducational; and Radcliffe no longer exists as an undergraduate college.<ref>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/about/12812.shtml The Seven Sisters], Mount Holyoke's website</ref>
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