What's driving the decline in college humanities programs?

Humanities programs have been on the decline nationwide. Now, Miami University has announced a plan to shrink its humanities program and combine some of its majors due to low enrollment.

The move would effect majors such as art history, ethnic studies and Latin American studies. Students are speaking out against the plan.

On Cincinnati Edition, we discuss the possible reasons for declining enrollment and Miami's response about this plan.

We reached out to Miami's provost to invite her on for this discussion. She declined, but the university provided this statement: