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<p>Well, maybe humanities and social sciences? In humanities Caltech offers only history, English, philosophy, and history/philosophy of science. Good core disciplines, but no classics/classical studies, archaeology, foreign languages/literatures/cultural studies, art history, music, fine arts, theater, linguistics. On the social science side they offer economics and political science, but no sociology, anthropology, psychology, area studies. To me, that’s a pretty impoverished idea of what a university should be. Not to mention no business (undergrad or grad), law, or medicine. </p>
<p>I have tremendous respect for what Caltech does with STEM, but to my mind it’s one-dimensional. This can’t possibly be the model for the “world’s best university” unless we’re prepared to shut down half, or more, of human learning and intellectual and creative achievement.</p>