Do we need "Advanced Studies"?

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I find the sub-forums makes things hard to find.

is there any way to 'index' the sub-forum posts so that they show up in their 'parent forum', so there is a completeness at some level? and then if people want to 'filter' by that subforum they can click on that directly.

this may sound contrary to a subforum, but in my mind, the parent forum should contain 'all the threads', and the sub, a selective filter.