Is college education job training? A recent radio interview by North Carolina Governor Patrick McCrory argues that it is–and he took the opportunity of the interviewer to take a poke at the liberal arts in general and gender studies in particular: “I don’t want to subsidize that if that’s not going to get someone a job.”
Macalester President Brian Rosenberg offers a thoughtful and spirited reply that shows the multifaceted value of the liberal arts.