The Heart of Learning: Why Passion Is Essential to Education

An impassioned argument for the transformative power of a liberal arts education.

To preserve and rejuvenate the liberal arts in a myopically “practical” society, we must not only define what knowledge is imparted but also understand how it is imparted. Teachers pass their love of a discipline to students, sharing that love most fully in a setting of personal friendship.

Drawing on her own experience as student and teacher, Elizabeth Corey shows that a true liberal education affects the wh...