“Today our politicians and academia are obsessed with four year liberal arts education in subjects providing no skills for earning a living.”
They may be obsessed but what seems most conspicuously lacking is true liberal arts education. Recent college graduates could not pass my tenth grade final in English, History, Literature, Civics, Geography etc.
“They may be obsessed but what seems most conspicuously lacking is true liberal arts education.”
I agree. I chose a classical 4 year degree studying the great philosophers, the classics of literature, and the history of western civilization. Plus classical free market economics (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman). I learned to think critically and to form opinions based on my own research.
I doubt it is possible for a student to receive the quality of education I received at my alma mater today. Based on what I read, most of what passes for learning there is the regurgitation of politically correct propaganda.