I think Ms. Fields is confused.
The classics were killed, but not by computer science. They were killed by political correctness, deconstructionism and multiculturalism.
When your society’s classics are evil, who would want to study them, and why? What is the point of learning about The Good when your professors insist there is no such thing?
More specifically, Womyn's Studies, Black Studies, Queer Studies, Chicano Studies, and the like.