The role of the liberal arts in an era of skills-based hiring

Image:  SAN FRANCISCO—As the presidents of hundreds of small private institutions listened to leaders from Bay Area technology companies discuss the future of the workforce here at an annual gathering of the Council of Independent Colleges last week, their questions to the speakers revealed their yearning for affirmation of the continued value of the liberal arts and sciences. “I’m not hearing this morning about a migration away from the liberal arts, or the death of the liberal arts,”...