Both John Henry Newman and Jon Spayde argue the true meaning of a University education in their works titled “The Idea of a University” and “Learning in the Key of Life.” Newman defines a truly effective education as a liberal one. He believes that “The University’s art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world” (47). Similar to Newman’s belief that a well-rounded education is necessary, Spayde also agrees that “Humanities are the foundation for getting along in the world, for thinking and for learning to reflect on the world instead of just simply reacting to current events” (60). It is certain, therefore, that a university education cannot be solely based on an academic concentration, but also has to offer the skills needed to produce well-rounded and diverse individuals in society.  Hence a university education is essential to provide people with not only the professional, but also the spiritual, and social skills needed to live a successful life.
	Any person who wants to be successful in life has to have a strong academic background, consisting of a certain specialization. A university is an institution that 
allows people to make such choices and develop their skills towards careers involving 
such majors. The advantage of this type of specialized system is the unique skill in that 
particular field a person learns and develops.  Such refined qualities needed to be
 comfortable in a career allow one to be much more productive than someone who is not educated within a university.  In addition, these skills boost one’s status on finding a highly paying professional job.  Therefore a University education provides an individual with the knowledge and professional skills needed to find a better job or a more respectable career. 
Given that professional skills are only a part of a true education, a university should be  responsible for setting moral and ethical standards through a liberal education that offers the spiritual skills essential to life. According to Newman  “A specialty school cultivates your mind in a certain way, but deprives you in others” (47). He argues that by focusing solely on the academic aspect of a university, people are being robbed of the strong spiritual attachment and willingness to uphold morality. This privilege to taste the different areas of knowledge at a university allows students to formulate their own opinion for what it is that they want to do with their lives. So, a liberal education helps to develop a love for a certain specialization, and the morality that pushes people to uphold what is right in order to succeed in whatever they have chosen as their careers.
Both the spirit to succeed and professional skills are crucial in life, but without the ability to socially interact, a person cannot truly survive on his/her own. Spayde expresses the necessity for a liberal education by stating, “Humanities are the foundation for getting along in the world” ( 60).   Therefore, a university that offers a liberal education is molding the citizens of the next generation. Without the skills to interact, solve problems, and socialize, a person will be lost in the world. The knowledge of a particular subject is essential, but to share it with others is equally imperative. However, if individuals are unable to converse effectively, or work out a problem maturely, then their ability to survive in the so-called “real world” is running low. In fact, “A truly good education may well be one carpentered out of the best combination we can make out of school, reading, online exploration, walking in the streets and friendship” (Spayde 58). So, it is correct to say that the university that is able to efficiently mold the social skills of an individual is supplying that person with the capability to be very successful in life. 
Finally, a university education, in order to be effective, is not one that offers only the specialized skills to succeed in one branch of knowledge. A true edification consists of not only the facts, but also the spiritual attachment to them, and the ability to interact and work around them. Therefore a well-educated individual holds not only the professional but also the spiritual and social skills needed in life.