Classics Threatened at Royal Holloway
I don’t know about others who have done Classics on this side of the pond, but while I was formally pursuing degrees in Classics, there always seemed to be a perception that Classics in the UK was safe and stable, and sort of a model for what Classics programs would like to be. In the [...]
Latin at Waterloo Collegiate Institute Threatened!
Long-time readers of rogueclassicism will know that one of my ongoing bugbears is the sorry state of Classical knowledge up here in the Great White North and the lack of general recognition of the value of such basic things as Latin. And so, it was with great dismay when Anna Norris brought to my attention [...]
Latin Threatened at UMaine!!
Image by jimmywayne via Flickr Not sure how I missed any previous coverage of this … from the Maine Campus: A Jan. 24 letter from University of Maine President Robert Kennedy to Faculty Senate President Michael Grillo indicates that three majors — Latin, German and women’s studies — are a step closer to the chopping [...]
Saving Latin in Scotland – Followup
In today’s Scotsman: IT IS the dead language of ancient Rome, the Declaration of Arbroath, law books and medical terminology. But a new campaign is using that most modern of inventions – Facebook – to wage a battle to save Latin in Scottish schools. An online bid to protect qualifications in the study of the [...]
Classics and Latin Threatened in Scottish Schools
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Dear all, I am contacting you in anticipation that you will be able to assist in efforts to ensure that Latin does not disappear from the curriculum in Scotland, particularly in the state sector. The examination board, the [...]
Latin Major at LSU Threatened!
This one doesn’t appear to have been widely bruited about yet, but an item in the Baton Rouge Advocate shows that Latin (among other majors) is on the chopping block for that always-questionable ‘budgetary reason’ (with the usual platitudes about having to make ‘tough decisions’ yadda yadda yadda). As expected, the Louisiana Classicist blog is [...]
Trinity College’s Classics Threatened
From the Tripod: Trinity College’s Classics Department is in danger of being dissolved and replaced as an interdisciplinary program. This process involves numerous steps, the first of which is the notification of Department Chair and Associate Professor of Classics Dr. Martha Risser by the Educational Policy Committee (EPC). The EPC consists of various members of [...]
Another Program in Peril
The incipit of a piece in Inside Higher Education … I suspect the situation at Centenary College is rather more common than we might know: In this era of financial turmoil in higher education, many arts and humanities programs have found themselves in the cross hairs of budget cutters. Some proposed cuts have quickly attracted [...]
Save Palaeography at King’s College London Petition
There is now an online petition: Save Palaeography at King’s College London Petition. Here’s the backstory: Cuts at King’s College London?
Cuts at King’s College London?
An excerpt from Mary Beard’s latest: Now it is the turn of King’s College London – which is planning (very confidentially, so far) to lose up to 22 posts in Arts and Humanities by the end of the academic year. This means that at least one subject (which ought to be a protected species) will [...]
Citanda: Classics in Peril at UIC?
Cleaning up some email, I came across this item from the Chicago Flame: Will the Classics Department survive?.
Another Department in Peril: UMD College Park?
In the wake of the threat to Classics at MSU, it has been brought to my attention that the Classics program at UMD College Park is also threatened, although to what extent at this point isn’t certain (merger with other departments is the current suggestion … maybe). From what I’ve been able to gather, UMD [...]
Classics Threatened at MSU!!!
This seems to be a developing story but it doesn’t seem to be getting as much attention as these things normally get, so … let’s begin with the incipit of a news release (full of the usual bureaucrateze) from MSU: As Michigan State University continues to shape its future and look for ways to reduce [...]
Business Saving Classics at UIC?
I thought we had mentioned the problems at UIC before, but I can’t seem to find it. In any event, here’s a very interesting item from the Chicago Flame: In an effort to heighten student interest in the university’s small but well-recognized Classics department, a recent alumnus has organized a team of 24 business students [...]
