Arts Programs in Academia Are Forced to Nip Here, Adjust There

Writing in The New York Times, Patricia Cohen shares a wide-ranging report on some of the academic programming cuts happening on campuses, much of which seems to focus on the arts. 

The arts are of course not the only victims of the recent economic meltdown. Large reductions in budgets have stung pretty much every corner of academia, from philosophy to Chinese, from gymnastics to geology. . . . Several other college arts administrators around the country also said programs that serve the surrounding community as well as the students — like museums and performing arts centers — are especially vulnerable. . . . Figuring out what or who faces the budgetary guillotine has been a harrowing process no matter how it was done. Few go quietly.