Howard University Is Going to Lose Its Classics Department. Congress Could Save It for Peanuts.

‘SPIRITUAL CATASTROPHE’

Thanks to its unique relationship with Howard, Congress can easily fund this 150-year-old incubator of pioneering scholarship that’s been a potent rejoinder to white supremacists.

Published May 10 2021 4:59AM EDT

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Howard University is America’s only Historically Black College and University with a Classics Department. Citing budget cuts, however, Howard administrators recently announced that the university would be closing the Department, which has been part of the institution since its founding in 1867, as part of its “prioritization

Asheesh Kapur Siddique

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Howard University Is Going to Lose Its Classics Department. Congress Could Save It for Peanuts.

Thanks to its unique relationship with Howard, Congress can easily fund this 150-year-old incubator of pioneering scholarship that’s been a potent rejoinder to white supremacists.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique