Kenneth Couch, an economics professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, studies the economic effects of unexpected lifecycle events, and he recently investigated the economic costs of divorce on women.

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They want the liberal arts and sciences.

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On a social level, too, we have to get over this duality between liberal arts and the sciences.

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Academically, many of its liberal arts, sciences and scientific research programs are among the very best.

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The most interesting finding is that students majoring in liberal-arts fields sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities do better on the C.

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