Such assertions have been made for years regarding the liberal arts' role in teaching citizenship and democracy, or creating rational and lucid personalities who can make sense out of a chaotic world. Since there is no way to quantify the alleged effects or benefits of this instruction, lost as it is in too many personal realities, promoters of the liberal arts can count on acting as cheerleaders for their own hobby horse and little more.
Professionalism demands nothing less while pedagogy remains a mere afterthought.
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