I don't think students need great art programs, excellent music programs, or anything else. Smart kids need a way to live together and away from their parents,

I don't think students need great art programs, excellent music programs, or anything else. Smart kids need a way to live together and away from their parents, without having to stress about how they will feed themselves, dress themselves, or stay employed at a crappy job trying to get some sort of decent clothing and food (or support their parents--not just with money, by the way, but maybe translating things all the time or other tasks). And not be around students who aren't quite there yet... otherwise, these students, the educators, and the students still trying to get to a balance on life all start wasting their own time.