▁sciences , ▁social ▁sciences , ▁arts , ▁and ▁human ities . ▁Because ▁of ▁its ▁reputation ▁for ▁rig our , ▁most ▁ ʻ A ten isi ▁University ▁students ▁found ▁it ▁relatively ▁easy ▁to ▁obtain ▁scholar ships ▁to ▁gradu ate ▁schools ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁Australia , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Ret rench ment ▁and ▁Ren ov ation ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁university , ▁its ▁emphas is ▁on ▁philosophy ▁was ▁popular ▁with ▁T ong a ' s ▁independent ▁far mers : ▁their ▁sons ▁might ▁return ▁to ▁their ▁mod est ▁plant ations ▁and ▁display ▁classical ▁learning ▁at ▁week end ▁fa ik ava ▁( trad itional ▁k ava ▁circles ). ▁Yet ▁with ▁growing ▁pressure ▁for ▁voc ational ▁success ▁among ▁T ong a ' s ▁urban ▁middle ▁class , ▁only ▁the ▁most ▁tal ented ▁students ▁remain ▁attract ed ▁to ▁ ʻ A ten isi ' s ▁classical ▁cre do . ▁This ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁decl ine ▁in ▁en roll ment ▁which , ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁increasing ly ▁more ▁vi able ▁t ert i ary ▁training ▁in ▁T ong a ▁and ▁over se as , ▁limits ▁the ▁small ▁university ▁that ▁F uta ▁Hel u ▁built . ▁ ▁Pres umably ▁suffering ▁from ▁Al z heimer ' s ▁disease , ▁F uta ▁Hel u ▁retired ▁as ▁inst itute ▁director ▁and ▁de an ▁of ▁its ▁university ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁considerable ▁turn over ▁in ▁administration . ▁At ▁first ▁his ▁daughter ▁S isi ʻ