Passage 14
学霸导读 你听说过“博雅教育”或“通识教育”吗？在美国，博雅教育与职业生涯有着怎样的关系？
What do the CEOs of Goldman Sachs （ 高盛集团 ）， American Express， Starbucks， Delta Airlines， Disney and YouTube all have in common， b 1 leading hugely successful global companies？ They are all products of a liberal arts education （ 博雅教育/通识教育 ）， graduating with degrees in literature， history， and communications.
Likewise, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, Harold Varmus, was an English major, and former United States President Barack Obama studied political science.
A liberal arts education is so much more than many students realize. It includes a b 2 study of the humanities （ 人文学科 ）， social sciences， arts and sciences combined with indepth study in a major.
A liberal arts curriculum （ 课程 ） challenges students to think creatively， develop strong analytical thinking skills， and solve problems. It is also interdisciplinary （ 跨学科的 ） in nature： you may approach a physics problem from a perspective l 3 in an art class， or combine ethics （ 伦理学 ） and biology.
Today’s tech employers are not simply looking for a graduate who knows how to code （ 编程 ）. They are hiring the graduate who has ideas about the next great thing in the tech industry and how to design and market it， because that graduate took courses in macro-economics （ 宏观经济学 ）， marketing， and art， along with computer science.
A multinational f irm will select the candidate （ 应聘者 ） who can analyze a f inancial report and has solutions for a 4 new customers in South America， along with the language skills to do business there. Increasingly， employers need employees with the multiple competences and skills that are taught in a liberal arts curriculum.
Liberal arts majors e 5 at most private and public colleges and universities in the U.S. However， the U.S. also has liberal arts colleges that specif ically teach a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum. These colleges tend to be highly rigorous （ 严格 ） and often offer experiential （ 体验性的 ） learning opportunities， such as internships （ 实习 ） and research. Students can then apply what they learn in the classroom and develop skills for a rapidly changing global economy. Liberal arts colleges also typically offer small c 6 and a low teacher-student ratio （ 比率 ）.
Learn more about the value of a liberal arts education. You may f ind that studying philosophy and computer science, French or biology could lead you on the p 7 to a great career and the next big thing.
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高频词汇
likewise /'laɪkwaɪz/ adv. 同样地，类似地
creatively /kri'eɪtɪvli/ adv. 创造性地
analytical /ˌænə'lɪtɪkl/ adj. 分析的；善于分析的
perspective /pə'spektɪv/ n. （思考问题的） 角度，观点，想法
competence /'kɒmpɪtəns/ n. 技能，能力，本领
rapidly /'ræpɪdli/ adv. 迅速地