http://www.therecord.com/Portals/15/Images/logo.pngBy Luisa D'Amato.  If you're studying history, English, anthropology or other arts subjects in university, chances are you're under a lot of pressure.
Parents, anxious about the precarious economy, are pushing their children to go into something that they think will lead to a meaningful job, and drama or medieval studies isn't what they had in mind.
This has serious consequences for universities across North America. Some departments are hemorrhaging students. At Wilfrid Laurier University, there were more than 1,000 English majors at Laurier in 2007. Now there are 445. Read more...