<p>Well, Tom, it’s a long and complex story…</p>
<p>Read this article that appeared in the American Scholar for a better understanding of what happened:
[The</a> Decline of the English Department: An article by William M. Chace about how it happened and what can be done to reverse it | The American Scholar](<a href=“http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-decline-of-the-english-department/]The”>The American Scholar: The Decline of the English Department - <a href='https://theamericanscholar.org/author/william-m-chace/'>William M. Chace</a>)</p>