Curriculum idea: does a liberal arts degree makes sense anymore?

I ask my junior AP Language students to write a synthesis practice paper on this topic, using a series of articles from Writing from Sources. But here are two more articles debating the topic:

Frank Bruni's initial op Ed piece in the NYT (April 29, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/bruni-the-imperiled-promise-of-college.html


And a response from Cheryl Greenberg, history professor from Trinity College.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/opinion/invitation-to-a-dialogue-a-liberal-arts-degree.html?_r=1


The "Sunday Dialogue" of the NYT is supposed to be about the same topic.

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