Word: extracurricular
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...means to an end in and of itself; others believe that the liberal arts will forever sharpen their critical thinking skills, which will benefit them regardless of profession; and still others see their college years as divided between studying the liberal arts in academic settings and pursuing professionalism in extracurricular ones...
...attendant perks and connections that come with enrollment. “Learning to read books and reading them is such an incredibly time- and effort-consuming process that I don’t see how anyone can really pursue a liberal education combined with extracurricular activities,” he says. “It’s a free country—but there’s no shame in spending time on your studies...
...Like many others who choose Harvard over schools with majors like business and finance but still end up on Wall Street, Pencz sees his liberal arts education as a way to supplement his résumé. Extracurricular activities play a key role in preparing Pencz for his desired future: he is the business manager of Harvard Model Congress Asia, he has a research job at Harvard Business School, and a Goldman Sachs internship lined up for the summer. Pencz is also among the troop of undergraduates who heads down Mass Ave a few days a week for accounting courses...
...Given that many employers now care little what undergraduates actually studied in their classes, students have begun to craft a new type of liberal education—one where extracurriculars are the key part of career training, and academics become, in some sense, extracurricular themselves. According to Bill Wright-Swadel, the director of the Office of Career Services, the perception of liberal arts education as peripheral is not far from the truth when it comes to firms that recruit at Harvard. “Employers that we talk to for the most part tell us that the concentration...
...record’s customarily New York-centric sports pages do not usually pay the conference too much heed—even a “homer,” after all, would have a hard time scaring up affection for perennial cellar-dweller Columbia. But just as the extracurricular activities of a certain state official have proven too scintillating for the front pages to ignore, the Times believes it has found a similarly sordid narrative to plant on the back pages. Thus came the paper’s report last Tuesday that the former jewel of Harvard?...