Did the liberal art disciplines at American universities have the highest failure rate between the 1970s and the early 2000s? Important theoretical traditions indeed believe that the liberal arts are the most threatened disciplines in the academy, while other theories have differing views. This paper reexamines the vulnerability of academic disciplines by assessing new data. It focuses on the closing of academic departments and programs, and it uses event history analysis to show that practical arts departments and programs failed at a much higher rate than liberal arts departments and programs. In doing so, this paper raises important questions about how American universities are changing during a time of budget cuts and retrenchment.

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关闭学术部门和课程：文科和实践艺术的核心和外围方法

1970 年代到 2000 年代初期，美国大学的文科学科是否失败率最高？重要的理论传统确实认为文科是学院中最受威胁的学科，而其他理论则有不同的看法。本文通过评估新数据重新审视学科的脆弱性。它侧重于关闭学术部门和项目，并使用事件历史分析表明，实用艺术部门和项目的失败率远高于文科部门和项目。在此过程中，本文提出了有关美国大学在预算削减和紧缩时期如何变化的重要问题。