Anyone who has ever sat in a functional group meeting consisting of MBA's and engineers will see that real world MBA experience has nothing to do with producing good products.
Academia is responsible for the computer you use, the drones in the natural pipelines which run on natural gas, the safety of your food supply, the highways you drive on... and yes, the tiles on the space shuttle.
I'm drawing a blank trying to come up with one liberal thesis or dissertation during my time in school. Hrm, let's see. How could one put a liberal spin on quarks and muons. A half-liberal spin maybe?