@xraymancs: Does Harvey Mudd know they are not an LAC?
From Mudd’s website: https://www.hmc.edu/about-hmc/
"About Harvey Mudd College
We’re one of the premier engineering, science and mathematics colleges in the United States.
We’re also unique because we are a liberal arts college. Aren’t engineering, science and mathematics mutually exclusive of the liberal arts? Maybe at some places, but not at Harvey Mudd."
Below is an excerpt from a link I found to send to someone a little while ago. It is searchable on Google by looking for “Defining Liberal Arts,” and maybe adding ‘Mudd’ after that, but I don’t think I’m allowed to link it here. This is not an official statement by the college, but clearly allowed to be associated with the college.
“It’s really no surprise that so many students are confused as to the definition of liberal arts, because as a quick cursory Internet search will tell you, not everyone agrees on a set definition. Long ago, the Greeks “invented” the liberal arts education, based on topics that were worthy of study if you were a free person. Somewhere along the line, the trivium (study of grammar, rhetoric, and dialectics) and quadrivium (study of music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy) were formally defined as the main parts of a liberal arts education. Nowadays, chances are no matter where you get a liberal arts education, it’s not likely to include all of these subjects. Over time, it’s morphed into an approach to education, rather than just a list of seven subjects to be taught.”