<p>I agree with frever and texaspg…in a way it’s a tragedy to see these departments disappear, but what’s the point of continuing to fund them if participation is in the single digits? Students who want to study Slavic Studies and major in Greek can go to universities with bigger, more well-developed programs in those areas. Andrewt, surely you cannot be serious about cutting social work and education. I don’t want to start a fight here but I just have to call you out - how could you say that social work and education contribute nothing to society? While I agree that the liberal arts have gotten the short shrift at UT as of late (and I say this as a member of a program that has suffered severe, damaging cuts over the last year), practical financial concerns need to come before concerns about “societal value.”</p>