Because the poor will suffer tremendously if they are ill equipped for the job market. If we want to have education have a strong humanistic focus then we should start by changing society in other places. Or we'll get unemployed and suffering well rounded human beings.
Regardless, at the moment education does not seem to be doing great on either the humanistic or "pragmatic" axis.
Regardless, at the moment education does not seem to be doing great on either the humanistic or "pragmatic" axis.