attack. college students are increasingly being pushed away from majors like english and history and philosophy to a skill based one closer to engineering or computer science. to me, that trend is terribly short sided. i felt passionately about it i explained just why the liberal arts are so important. it received a pretty positive reaction to that and i turned it into a book. the book is called "in defense of a liberal education" and hits bookstores monday. joining me is a man that will turn the tables on me, my colleague anderson cooper. >> and a liberal arts major myself. i was relieved to read the book because i make fun of the education i received from yale a very good university but feel like i graduated without a skill and you write about this in the book. we heard from president obama but this is an issue it seems like republicans and democrats actually come together and agree on this. you're making the opposite case