Ha! I sometimes draw parallels between education and healthcare, James. Both are based in expertise, and in both, consumerism often seems misplaced. You go to a doctor for her to tell you what you need to do if you want to be healthy. Likewise, teachers. One doesn't go to school because one knows things! I know that's a sorry simplification, but yeah, I mourn the loss of a discipline because it's "not in demand." Especially when about 40% of our students arrive as "undeclared," meaning they don't know what they want to do.

Now those students will have four fewer options to choose from.