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Recovering from the death of her brother, her physical health suffered while she studied her liberal arts degree at the University of Nottingham, affecting her second year grades.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Outside students from a liberal arts college are practiced in abstract analytical thinking—how institutions are made, what purpose they serve, for whom.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

What’s special about a liberal arts seminar is that 12 to 18 people around a table where you do Socratic dialogue and you have your assumptions challenged.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Amundsen’s work is in keeping with the rest of the show, which fills two halls at the liberal arts school with visual and multimedia works that probe the persistence of radioactive materials.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The old man admitted to being a retired English professor who had been thrown out upon the world forty years ago when the last liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury



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