Report Finds Few Colleges Have A Shakespeare Requirement For English Majors

NEW YORK (AP) — As Shakespeare would say, "We have seen better days."

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that less than 8 percent of the nation's top universities require English majors to take a course focused on Shakespeare. The study, "The Unkindest Cut: Shakespeare in Exile 2015 ," found that only four of the nation's 52 highest-ranked universities and colleges by U.S. News & World Report have a Shakespeare requirement.

The schools that still ask English majors to study the Bard are Harvard University, the University of California-Berkeley, Wellesley College and the U.S. Naval Academy.

The report says: "The Bard, who is the birthright of the English speaking world, has no seat of honor."

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