Lately there have been accusations that some private, competitive liberal arts colleges are trying to avoid being seen as "too female."

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Some students come to study business or liberal arts or to attend the university's highly rated engineering school.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

They earn credits toward an associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Patten University in Oakland,California.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

The council is a nonprofit group that supports liberal arts education.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Others are stronger in the liberal arts.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

But since the St.John's curriculum aims to span almost all of Western culture, students study every branch of the liberal arts - including music.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"This past year, I was a visiting scholar for the Phi Beta Kappa Society and went to small liberal arts colleges in the United States, and not only gave public lectures about science, but also research lectures, and then also spoke with women about the importance of bringing their intellectual force, which is formidable, to the scientific arena in the future."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29