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Princeton Classics Department Drops Requirement to Learn Latin or Greek


By Julia Johnson
| June 2, 2021 | 2:08pm EDT
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Princeton University’s Classics Department has removed its requirement for majors to learn Greek or Latin in an effort, reportedly, to address systemic racism. A four-person Equity Committee for the department claims its goal with this change is to “create opportunities for the advancement of students and (future) colleagues from historically underrepresented backgrounds within the discipline.”
The Classics Department completely eliminated its “classics” track that required proficiency in Greek or Latin, along with the requirement to take one of the languages, according to
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The Princeton Alumni Weekly also reported that Director of Undergraduate Studies and professor of classics, Josh Billings, said these changes received new urgency after the ”events around race that occurred last summer,” presumably a reference to George Floyd’s murder and the ....

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