The study of liberal arts is critical in today’s society, precisely because there are so many fields of specialization. The free and open pursuit of knowledge about what makes us human is crucial if society is to maintain a multi-faceted and inclusive view of the world. Additionally, you need only take a glance at public discourse today to see it is deeply compromised by ideology over reason and exclusion over inclusion. A liberal arts education attempts to foster a worldview in which people use reason to see beyond their own perspective and prejudice. The ability to see the world through this lens is vital in a world where specialization of knowledge and polarization of opinion prevails.

Liberal arts comprises topics we may refer to almost every day: literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences. To understand these topics and explore them in depth means to understand the world and its history, and how we as people create and develop. With such a spectrum of knowledge, liberal arts graduates go on to get jobs in fields that appreciate a depth of understanding and the exploration of ideas, including advertising and marketing, writing, law, public relations, and even cultural roles such as curators and archivists at museums and galleries. Even when wider society doesn't see it, we are all affected by the topics covered by the liberal arts every day and it's therefore essential that there are people interested in breadth of study and then delivering their interpretation of different topics in a creative format. After all, arts spending is up and, generally in society, we appreciate the creations of the liberal arts, such as books and visual entertainment. Without these, the world would not be what it is now and we would not have retained such heritage.