<p>It seems that the administrators are trying to turn UT into a trade school. The university focuses so much on business, engineering, law and computer science that liberal arts and other true academic areas sometimes get the back hand. </p>
<p>UT is the largest of America’s top 50 universities. As such, it should offer more majors of study than our peer universities. This is one of the main reasons why students choose to come here instead of smaller schools like Rice - more opportunities. </p>
<p>If UT decides that cutting academic programs is the only option given the budget cuts, then they should cut useless programs. Social work and education certainly come to mind. These produce little value to the university or society (no offense). I would not cut intellectual majors like Greek and Scandinavian studies.</p>