I guess what NYTimes articles praising liberal arts education miss out on is following:
No one is denying importance of learning history, literature, etc. What people have begun doubting is if its really worth to spend 200k$ & four years majoring in liberal arts alone, vs. Majoring in Computer Science while taking courses in / reading literature.
This article is equivalent to telling a competitive swimmer, to study calculus since Navier-Stokes equations governing fluid dynamics (and thus water) require understanding of calculus to be solved.
The question worth answering is why quality liberal arts education still has such a high price tag? Especially when the monetary returns are so poor?
No one is denying importance of learning history, literature, etc. What people have begun doubting is if its really worth to spend 200k$ & four years majoring in liberal arts alone, vs. Majoring in Computer Science while taking courses in / reading literature.
This article is equivalent to telling a competitive swimmer, to study calculus since Navier-Stokes equations governing fluid dynamics (and thus water) require understanding of calculus to be solved.
The question worth answering is why quality liberal arts education still has such a high price tag? Especially when the monetary returns are so poor?