E. Gordon Gee, the president of West Virginia University, once promised that the school would have 40,000 students by 2020, but the figure is still well under 30,000 across three campuses and is projected to drop. The humanities are under threat more broadly across the nation because of the perceived left-wing ideology of the liberal arts. To resist this assault, we must provide broad access to a true liberal arts education. The campaign to overturn the liberal arts is politically motivated, through and through. I was lucky: My parents put a liberal arts education above all other goals.

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Persons: Gordon Gee, Gee, Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, ” Organizations: West Virginia University, West Virginians, Democratic Party, Republican Party Locations: New York