<p>The flip side of this is a person who gets the liberal arts education, but for various reasons does not have the luxury of going to grad school and is forced into the workplace with no real skill. Now this person struggles to make ends meet at a low-wage job and then has to figure out a way to afford time and money to go to grad school part-time to get a more professional job. I know people who are in that situation right now and it isn’t pretty.</p>
<p>I would be concerned if someone graduated college with no job skills. I hope you don’t think I am advocating that. I would expect an educated person to be highly employable. I also expect that graduate and professional schools will become part of the common approach to education just as college is considered a must by so many today. That freshman intro economics course would explain why supply and demand are impacted by education.</p>