> it reminds me how many of these arts and humanities programs are legacies of a bygone economic era Ah yes, that bygone economic era of prosperity. In it's pl

> it reminds me how many of these arts and humanities programs are legacies of a bygone economic era Ah yes, that bygone economic era of prosperity. In it's place today, a shrinking economy, one must posit from your comment? Surely current economics show a great decline in prosperity? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1/ https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1/