UNM-Taos
is your gateway to higher education. The Academy of Professions
and Liberal Arts provides students with the core basis for
a Liberal Arts education. We invite you to join your fellow
students and teachers to explore the ideas -- old and new
-- that help us to make meaning of our lives. At the same
time, you will gain the critical thinking, communications,
and analysis skills that will help you to make a smooth transition
from college into the world of work.
For those
of you wishing to continue your education at a four-year institution,
the Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts will give you the core
curricular credits required for you to transfer successfully.
"A
truly liberal education is one that prepares us to live responsible,
productive, and creative lives in a dramatically changing
world. It is an education the fosters a well-grounded intellectual
resilience, a disposition toward lifelong learning and an
acceptance of responsibility for the ethical consequences
of our ideas and actions. Liberal education requires that
we understand the foundation of knowledge and inquiry about
nature, culture, and society; that we master core skills of
perception, analysis, and expression; that we cultivate a
respect for truth; that we recognize the importance of historical
and cultural context; and the we explore connections among
formal learning, citizenship and service to our communities."
-- Association of American Colleges & Universities, Statement
on Liberal Learning (10.98
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