My 'classical studies' were Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - degrees in both. They stood me well for forty-plus years in industry. I also learned how to appreciate art and poetry, but I did not waste precious university time on those subjects. And I did not amass an incoherent pile of student debt - I worked while going to school.
The problem with this author is that he has already been corrupted by his leftist profs. His profs are leaches on the capitalist system. It sounds like he plans to become a leach too.