WITH ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT DECLINING, historians look to government for jobs. More secure, less demanding (if that's possible). That's pretty much the gist of the post, except for this little beauty:

Government job applicants with Ph.D.s need to stress their strength in communications, ability to synthesize vast amounts of information into “useable” knowledge, and decision-making skills....

Back in the dark ages when I went to college, those words were the coin of the realm as the reason for getting a classical/liberal as opposed to a business/skill-oriented education. Then along came race/class/gender/victim studies with their 'critical thinking' skills, to turn the whole liberal arts edifice into a smoking ruins.

Read anything by Victor Davis Hanson for more about a classic liberal education.