The best education is meant to endure.
Lessons aimed at the moment evaporate, well, momentarily.
A good way to determine the value of an educational program is the staying power formula that takes into account the time that must pass before an entering college freshman reaches one's own age. At Berry College, we believe it is a liberal arts education that has staying power. The Greeks invented liberal education 2,500 years ago, and the Romans perfected it. A liberal education in those days was limited to males within the ruling class, and it was thought to be the best way to prepare future leaders. For more than 700 years, Oxford and Cambridge continued the Greek and Roman educational program with the goal of producing men who would run the church, the military, and the government.