<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/winter-2012/westmont-and-liberal-arts.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Westmont and the Liberal Arts</title><excerpt>Since Westmont’s founding 75 years ago, the five planks of its educational program—liberal arts, Christian, undergraduate, residential and global—have characterized the college and shaped its history. A commitment to the liberal arts developed in the early years.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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