"Public Higher Education Is Ideally Suited to Meet All These Goals, Yet We Are Starving It of Funds Just When We Need It Most"

"Our information age requires a public that is able to see through manipulation and avoid scapegoating. We need politicians who are able to view a range of options delivered by experts and choose wisely among them. We need people with advanced skills who can innovate in increasingly complex new realms. We need people with empathy and perspective to navigate conflict, ease social connections and help us comprehend rapid change. We need educators able to explain and analyze complexity and pass on those skills to new generations."

Katherine Pickering Antonova at The Washington Post champions a return to the humanities.