Excellent points. I still wonder what many think they are going to do with that degree or if they even have a plan.
Folks who get a real Liberal Arts degree with all it entails are ready to tackle most anything. They have learned to think and to reflect and have the context and the data to think productively. They can go from a real Liberal Arts school to any technical school or business school for an advanced degree and will be way ahead of their State U classmates. That said, there are very few Liberal Arts degrees that are worth the time to keypunch them in. A school that promotes Great Books curricula is a better shot than most but even with that, one must familiarize oneself with what the school actually offers before one commits.