I also like to add: if enough Gen-Ed teachers took the approach of Professor Hughes, then the liberal arts would be seen as the essential education as it should be. Cultural competency and public affairs consciousness are too lacking in today's world. It seems that at least, the students in his classes, understood that higher educations are not only about a piece of paper and general knowledges are also useful to them. The lessons in these classes provide thinking skills and experiences that help navigates human lives. They arr not only about monetary and prestige gains for the colleges or paid hobbies for the teachers. I am glad that I found him.