I couldn't agree more. It has been said many times that humanities programs have dug their own graves. (most pointedly by Santa Cruz Prof. John Ellis). They still have the Core Program at Columbia, but other than that there doesn't seem to be much out there. It's too bad. My 7th grade son has covered China three times in his 4J schools and not a week in 9 years of school spent on Western Civilization or US history. It's a strange idea of education.