<p>You are right. There was an short article in the Sunday NYT about some universities dropping classics (and I remember American Studies, too) departments.</p>
<p>Sounds like your son wants a more traditional school experience. The T running up Commonwealth Ave. isn’t quite the same Wake’s campus, and the Terriers tearing up the NCCA hockey teams isn’t the same as ACC Deacons basketball. If he’s looking for that school identification thing (outside of the classics program) BU isn’t the place.</p>