His use of the term liberal in this context is going to confuse some people, but it is not inaccurate.
It certainly is. I read the article and it didn't really offer context for his use of the term liberal,. However, ironically he seems to be supporting broad-based liberal arts education which is quite contrary to most modern day political conservatives views that a college needs to be pretty much all stem research or hard Sciences, because someone needs to use their degree to make cheaper larger TV sets or diet pills, not actually learn how to exercise critical thinking.
That's not modern conservatives view, it's the view of your average Patel or Dmitri who needs to repay their student loans. The Popes view is that this is liberalism, which it is, the broader sense. Liberal arts education otoh is ironically illiberal in the sense that it is driven by the notion of the importance of students being a "well-rounded human being", and this is what he is advocating for.
