Increased demand for accountability and management in higher education challenges the "unquantifiable" outcomes of liberal education. Proponents should not assert that the liberal arts are unmeasurable, but should take the opportunity to defend them as a different kind of learning and promote their contribution to individual and societal growth.…

Reviews seven multiple-intelligence forms (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal) and adds naturalist intelligence, the ability to discriminate among living things. Considers a ninth form (existential intelligence), challenges the IQ concept and common testing practices, and urges…