Most liberal arts courses include a great deal of reading, writing, and discussion, and classes tend to be small.

自由艺术课程包括大量的阅读，写作和讨论，一般都是小班上课。

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There has been a decline in enrollment in liberal arts courses in favor of highly specialized training for high-paying careers, mostly in business.

文科课程的报名人数有所下降，而以商业为主、针对高薪职业的高度专业化培训课程则越来越受欢迎。

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This is particularly evident in the liberal arts majors, a lot of liberal arts courses in the final grade in class participation and final exam scores usually occupy the same proportion or more.

这一点在文科类专业尤其明显，很多文科类课程的期末总成绩中，课堂参与度通常和期末考试分数占有相同或者更多的比重。

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If thinkers like Vedder and Murray had more sway, some of the kids struggling with algebra in high school would be studying welding or car mechanics instead, and many of the ones whiling away four years on liberal arts courses would be studying nursing or software instead.

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Still, students pursuing vocational degrees are almost always required to take some liberal-arts courses.

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Mark Taylor, a sociologist at Williams College in Massachusetts, is leading an effort to offer courses in the liberal arts.

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