The Humanities Move Off Campus by Victor Davis Hanson

The Humanities Move Off Campus by Victor Davis Hanson

But in recent decades, classical and traditional liberal arts education has begun to erode, and a variety of unexpected consequences have followed. The academic battle has now gone beyond the in-house “culture wars” of the 1980s. Though the argument over politically correct curricula, controversial faculty appointments, and the traditional mission of the university is ongoing, the university now finds itself being bypassed technologically, conceptually, and culturally, in ways both welcome and disturbing.

He paints both a glorious picture of what education is supposed to be and a dire warning of what it is. Is anyone listening?