MORE SCIENCE IS URGED Plan Limits Required Courses to First 2 Years Latin Faces New Setback

This article is extremely informative both in terms of what changes were going on at the university and how it was reported out. “Liberal arts” again is being positioned as a combatant, this time against “specialization” rather than strictly the sciences.

It is also interesting to see that the Liberal Arts faculty were the ones driving their own reforms. It’s also interesting to see what about the reforms are mentioned in the headline; for example, “Latin” is not the only course eliminated, but it is the only one highlighted. Its elimination is also presented as a “setback,” in a sentence where Latin is almost personified.

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