――リベラルアーツを学ぶ重要性を教えてください 　
リベラルアーツは良い人間になる土台、倫理観、哲学、道徳観を大切にする学び方で、「統合知」と呼べるような学際的な専門性を育てます。日本ではリベラルアーツは文系にくくられますが、米国では医学や科学を学ぶ人もリベラルアーツの基盤に立っています。日本のように文系、理系に分けて、たこつぼ化する傾向への抵抗が、AIUの問題意識としてありました。

Importance of Studying Liberal Arts

Liberal arts provide the foundation for becoming a good person, emphasizing ethics, philosophy, and morality, while fostering interdisciplinary expertise that could be described as “integrated knowledge.” In Japan, liberal arts are often categorized as part of the humanities, but in the United States, even those studying medicine or science are grounded in the principles of liberal arts. AIU’s approach stems from a sense of resistance to the tendency in Japan to divide fields into humanities and sciences, leading to a siloed way of thinking.

引用元(reference)：https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1f7606d8e30092785bf821608be1b4f24e5243da

意味：たこつぼ（海底に沈め、蛸が入るのを待って引き上げる素焼きの壺）転じて、タコツボ化（自分だけ、または仲間内だけの狭い世界に閉じこもっていて、外部に目を向けないことのたとえ。）

Meaning:　The term “tako-tsubo” originally refers to a traditional earthenware pot sunk to the seafloor to catch octopuses. Figuratively, “tako-tsubo-ka” describes the phenomenon of being confined to a narrow, insular world, focused solely on oneself or a small in-group, with little regard for the outside world. In English, it can be loosely translated as “siloing,” “insular thinking,” or “working in a bubble.”