Task 1

Coordination: The University of New England (UNE) is an American institution of higher education that deeply regards the liberal arts, and incorporates them into their core beliefs and values.

This conception of the liberal arts proposes that all academic disciplines have their own individual values and focuses, but are all connected through universal approaches, investigation, and especially critical thinking.

Becoming a contributing member of the community is frequently mentioned in the UNE handbook, and is well established within the beliefs and values of the university.

Subordination: a liberal arts degree is certainly a nice luxury if you can afford it

More people are reluctant to pursue a liberal arts degree because of the assumption that STEM disciplines are wholly excluded.

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Task 2

New Paragraph: Becoming a contributing member of the community is frequently mentioned in the UNE handbook, and is well established within the beliefs and values of the university. Although within the handbook there seems to be a lack of the final dimension of citizenship, known as cultural citizenship. Cultural citizenship is fully achieved “through participation in the various conversations that constitute a culture . . . The arts, religion, and sports are all potential venues for cultural conversations,” (Scheuer 4). Cultural citizenship is the idea that you should engage with people and participate within the community.  As a student at UNE I can see the ways the school tries to promote cultural citizenship, through promotion of their sports, and campus wide events and activities. The only problem is that there is little mention of this in the handbook, and cultural citizenship is far outshadowed by the other forms of citizenship in terms of importance. In order to have a completely genuine liberal arts education, there must be a well rounded sense of citizenship. UNE has very strong characteristics of civic and economic citizenship, but needs to implement cultural citizenship more within their handbook as well as on campus. This will ensure more balanced citizenship among the UNE community. This seems to be the only vital characteristic of a liberal arts education that the university doesn’t implement well. 

Originally I had this idea that UNE didn’t implement cultural citizenship only as a few sentences. I thought this was an important idea so I expanded it to a whole paragraph by itself, with most of the paragraph including my own thoughts.

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Task 3

Original: The University of New England (UNE) is an American institution of higher education that deeply regards the liberal arts, and incorporates them into their core beliefs and values. UNE makes it a priority for students to develop a foundation in the liberal arts that they will carry into their future careers. Jeffrey Scheuer in his article “Critical Thinking and the Liberal Arts” describes that benefits of a liberal arts education are developing a more flexible/open perspective, critical thinking, and citizenship. Many people currently believe that since the liberal arts aren’t as scientifically focused as STEM majors, then they are interfering with academic advancement. Although in Sanford Ungar’s article “7 Major Misperceptions About the Liberal Arts” he claims that having a background in the liberal arts is just as beneficial, if not more, than a STEM major. UNE has made it a top concern to integrate science within its liberal arts. While there is room for improvement the goals and values promoted in the UNE handbook are very similar to the goals and values to a true liberal arts education. 

Revised: The University of New England (UNE) is an American institution of higher education that deeply regards the liberal arts, and incorporates them into their core beliefs and values. UNE makes it a priority for students to develop a foundation in the liberal arts that they will carry into their future careers. Jeffrey Scheuer in his article “Critical Thinking and the Liberal Arts” describes that benefits of a liberal arts education are developing a more flexible/open perspective, critical thinking, and citizenship. Many people currently believe that since the liberal arts aren’t as scientifically focused as STEM majors, then they are interfering with academic advancement. Although in Sanford Ungar’s article “7 Major Misperceptions About the Liberal Arts” he explains this belief is a common misperception of the liberal arts held by many Americans. Ungar claims that having a background in the liberal arts is just as beneficial, if not more, than a STEM major. UNE has made it a top concern to integrate science within its liberal arts. While there is room for improvement, the goals and values promoted in the UNE handbook are very similar to the goals and values of a true liberal arts education. 

I provided more explanation of Ungar’s article in his introduction. This was in hopes of decreasing confusion.