This is a horrible idea. College is the one place where students are most likely to be exposed to the Classics.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Howard Plans to Close Classics DepartmentHoward University plans to dissolve its classics department, the only classics department at a historically Black college or university in the country, according to the Society for Classical Studies.The society’s Board of Directors said in an April 16 statement that it had recently received word from the department that Howard decided to close it “as part of its prioritization efforts.”The statement quotes a message the society received from the department, which reported that Howard “is currently negotiating with the faculty of Classics and with other units in the College as to how they might best reposition and repurpose our programs and personnel. These discussions have been cordial, and the faculty remains hopeful that the department can be kept intact at some level, with its faculty and programs still in place.”
Here’s the statement from Howard:
“Howard University has decided to close the Department of Classics as part of its prioritization efforts and is currently negotiating with the faculty of Classics and with other units in the College as to how they might best reposition and repurpose our programs and personnel. These discussions have been cordial, and the faculty remains hopeful that the department can be kept intact at some level, with its faculty and programs still in place.”
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