higher art?

just a few thoughts after reading this article...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/10/05/higher_art/?page=4

i have been to a variety of colleges and have enrolled in many art-related programs and classes including art history, fine arts, and art education. being at different schools i have found that art students can be very cliquey. i think this idea of universities relishing the arts to the greater campus community needs to start with the art students. it seems some art students need to come out of their bubble in the art building and be willing to make their classes, programs, galleries, interests accessible to other students on campus. at arizona state university i noticed a somewhat arrogant cliqueiness in and around the art building. i notice this in other buildings as well but not as distinct as the art building since a variety of students take math, science, humanities classes and not so much art. art students can be a bit hard-headed and closed-minded when non-artists are involved in their world (i am mainly speaking of younger college students, those which are mostly represented in the universities population). i think the professors also need to step up and involve all students on campus and not focus all their attention on a small group of talented art students. there should be more emphasis for non art students to take art classes. art classes could be more interdisciplinary to encourage this outside enrollment. possibly a math in art class where math and more technical students can learn about art through there preferred medium of numbers and equations. any subject can be incorporated into art. also, guest speakers, lectures, exhibits, etc on campus need to make a clear relevance of their purpose to the whole campus community and not just creative students and community members. this will also encourage artists, speakers, etc to think outside their box. when i attended artist lectures at asu i saw the same students and staff at them. it would have been nice to see a variety of people interested.
i believe it is the people who learn, work and play on campus that are the ones to take this idea to the next step. i definitely think it is possible if not already in the works.