We explore questions of the moment—the liberal arts are truly the front page of the newspaper—and enduring questions that help us to understand the present and the past and to anticipate the future.
As one of the original collegiate units of the University of Minnesota and encompassing the foundational disciplines of higher education, the College of Liberal Arts has…
For 150 years, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has been dedicated to teaching and research. Many have dedicated their lives to…
"Our state and country’s greatest resource is our children. Investing in their education should be uppermost in our minds. Education, in the broadest sense, is critical to the…
EHI seeks to address complex issues regarding environments and human and animal bodies through the lenses of history, philosophy, literature, language, culture, religion, and…
Writing a short paragraph about student leadership in this college did not prove to be an easy task. This is perhaps because of what the College of Liberal Arts is: home to…
Life-changing. Transformative. What do we mean when we say the liberal arts transform lives? Or, put differently, what kind of lives do we believe the liberal arts build? What…
Myna Sharma is a great example of a CLA student who thoroughly utilized the career support available to her. The CLA Career Services staff are the supporting cast for our…
Sally and I benefited greatly from access to quality education at the University of Minnesota. We graduated with a combined three degrees from the U, all at a reasonable and…
Looking back on CLA’s student body just 50 years ago, only around 20 percent of Americans were completing bachelor’s degrees: roughly one-third women to two-thirds men. Now…