Roger Smith (executive): Quotes about learning

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“They have learned sideways thinking, the cross classifying habit of mind that comes from learning many different ways to look at things.”

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“They learn about the kinds of creativity that leads to visionary solutions”

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Attributed to Roger Smith in: Seyhan N. Ege et al. (1997) " The university of Michigan undergraduate chemistry curriculum 1. philosophy, curriculum, and the nature of change. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bcoppola/publications/21.%20p74-83.pdf" Journal of Chemical Education, 74(1), p. 75
S.N. Edge is quoting here Roger B. Smith, then Chairman of General Motors Corporation, who was speaking in October 1985 at the University of Michigan about the question "What is a liberal art?"

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“Liberal Arts may ultimately prove to be the most relevant learning model. People trained in the Liberal Arts learn to tolerate ambiguity and to bring order out of apparent confusion. They have the kind of sideways thinking and cross-classifying habit of mind that comes from learning, among other things, the many different ways of looking at literary works, social systems, chemical processes or languages.”

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Cited in: " Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies: What is Liberal Studies? http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/4/bachelor-of-arts-in-liberal-studies/department-details.cfm#f2" on georgetown.edu about bachelor of arts in liberal studies, 2013.
The liberal arts and the art of management (1987)

People , Art , Way , Thinking

“They have learned to replace confrontation with cooperation and the principles of conflict resolution.”

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“They learn that the effective management of change comes from the habit of being receptive to new information, to new paths to traditional goals, even to new goals.”

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“They have learned the importance of intellectual integrity, social responsibility, and ethical commitment.”

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