In response to a request from the Art Department Chair, Kurt made his case in support for creating a graduate program in art history at Sacramento State University. In doing so, Kurt calls upon various studies and writings; "Contemporary educational overspecialization has led to a decline in the liberal arts requirements and programs in which Western humanistic values and ideals have traditionally resided. ...This has led to an educational value relativism and subjectivism in which one value is no better than any other--the pursuit of truth and wisdom is educationally of no more value than, for example, taking a real estate degree."
