We aren’t getting the liberal arts education we expected

'Vanderbilt is certainly not giving students the multidisciplinary education or the critical thinking skills necessary to create solutions for real world problems.'

Opinion by undergraduates Nora Fellas and Induja Kumar in the Vanderbilt Hustler.

"Even though they are not in pre-professional programs like H.O.D. [Human and Organizational Development] or engineering, students in the College of Arts and Science still end up being pushed into the groups of pre-med or pre-law. Students who haven’t planned out the rest of their lives are sidelined by career coaches and CASPAR [the College of Arts and Science's Pre-major Academic Advising Resources office] advisors alike. Thus, students who want a broad education, and to explore all areas of a liberal arts curriculum, are disadvantaged. Consequently, Vanderbilt is neither living up to its own reputation as a liberal arts institution nor meeting the standards set by its peer institutions. It certainly is not giving students the multidisciplinary education or the critical thinking skills necessary to create solutions for real world problems."

[A touch of acrimony, maybe, but surely justifiable in regard to the acronymy. -ed.]