The idea is to cut, or cut back on, general education and to give students what they want in the fields in which they want it. George Leef gives his opinion at National Review.

While Leef isn’t thinking about ministerial education in particular, it’s worth noting that seminaries are facing exactly this problem as an increasing number of schools are trying to collapse the traditional B.A.-through-M.Div. cycle into a quick, methods-oriented program.