Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts Aren’t Dying — They’re Being Killed by Their Own Snobbery

Liberal arts education has become a luxury good for the elite, not because of STEM or YouTube, but because of its own failure to integrate vocational necessity. The real value of critical thinking is being lost to class gatekeeping, and the only way forward is to demand that every degree also teaches marketable skills.

Stop Pretending College Is About Learning. The Government Just Made It Official.

The government’s new rule ties federal aid to graduate earnings—forcing universities to drop low-paying majors like philosophy and teaching. It sounds like accountability, but it’s a disaster that will destroy the liberal arts and leave society without critical thinkers, just to satisfy a flawed metric.