>> Respectfully disagree, but only if the student earns a liberal arts degree from an institution like Hillsdale College, where they teach the young person to think critically and learn the writings of the masters like Aristotle and Plato.
If however you’re talking about most of the dreck that passes for higher education, I’m with you 100%.<<
I afraid when businesses these days look at your resume, they look at how your major applies to what they are hiring for. Being eloquent and able to use your mind (I HATE the term “critical thinking” since it usually is liberalese for “anyone who agrees with me”) is helpful, but only after your resume is selected.
Then they can do what I did, start at the bottom like me, earning $9,500 a year paying claims - and that was back before the age of online processing. I exploited work benefits to take training classes, worked my way up the ranks, then went to school at night to earn my MBA. I wouldn't trade my liberal arts degree for anything; fortunately I earned it from a school that wasn't interested in indoctrination.