When Rodger Payne saw a job posting 17 years ago that sought someone who could start a religious studies department at UNC Asheville, he was drawn to the possibilities it presented. Payne, a native of ...

Liberal arts students are expected to undertake a broad range of study outside of their major area of interest. It is important for a reasonably educated person to be familiar with a variety of ...

In the arts and humanities, students and professors dig into entire books, performances or exhibitions. We’ll zero in on a paragraph from a book, a scene from a play or an individual work of art, then ...