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Fareed Zakaria. In Defense of a Liberal Education . W. W. Norton & Company, NY. 2015.  At a time when many question the value of education beyond high school. Zakaria offers an inspiring and informative defense of college or university education that is broad based. The true value of Liberal Education is that it teaches you to write more clearly, speak well in the sense of giving more precise verbal explanations and presentations, and teaches you how to learn.  Liberal education teaches the curious how to use that curiosity productively. Zakaria's background helps the reader understand the value of western liberal education. He was born and raised in India. He completed High School in India before entering Yale for College. In India as well as many other parts of the world, education focuses on memorization and test taking. Innovative thinking is discouraged. When he Zakaria entered Yale, he experienced first hand the benefit of learning to think for himself and to develop...