Pope Francis laments American universities that are ‘too liberal’ and ‘only train technicians’

[ingemann]

Hilarious how he seemed to taylor his remarks to ensure maximum levels of misinterpretation from US audiences specifically. Chad move honestly.

Yes, but honestly he’s wrong. Not in the criticism itself education should create well rounded people with an understanding of the society and world they live in and with knowledge of the arts, history and geography. It just shouldn’t happen in expensive self paid educations, that’s just a way to punish the less well off.

[ingemann]

(I'm going to ignore his use of "liberal" which is confusing)

Is he saying that American universities focus too much on job skills and not on a broad renaissance education? Isn't it the opposite?

I think it’s a question of perspective, I think that people complain about is more that the things some people learn on American universities are a waste of time rather than it’s too generalist.