Howard University To Close Classics Department
Howard University is the only HBCU in the United States with a Classics Department, which has been a part of the institution since its inception in 1867.
Howard University's board of trustees approved a decision to stop offering a classics major. The decision to dissolve the department came after a three-year review of the university's academic programs. Howard was the only historically Black university to have a classics department and now offers only minors — classical civilization, Latin, and Greek. A…
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