Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. An Oct. 3 article was an important survey of challenges facing the liberal arts in Minnesota. But from our perspectives as the chair of the English department, past English chair, and assistant dean of curriculum and instruction at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, we often find reports of the demise of the English major and liberal arts to be exaggerated.
