Monica, surely a science perspective tells us that whether Chittister might be on the money or not re college-level humanities demands an examination of statistics not anecdotes. Our knowledge of professionals who voted for Trump is irrelevant. The relevant statistic, I would have thought, is whether among those with some college education, there is a significant trend for those with less  "history of thought" type humanity courses to vote for Trump. 

I do wonder whether Chittister's suggestion about education should be pushed back to reflection on the high school curriculum?