Programs in Peril
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Love of History Blog: Save classics in Pittsburgh.
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Tip o’ the pileus to John McMahon for sending this in … from Inside Higher Education comes another sad tale (and, as often, the way in which it was done is bizarre): Long considered one of public higher education’s finest destinations for graduate work in the humanities, the University of Pittsburgh has cut off admissions…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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