Programs in Peril
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
rogue classicism 