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Princeton University Ends Greek, Latin Requirement For Classics Majors, Adds ‘Race And Diversity’ Track

Ashe Schow
Princeton University Ends Greek, Latin Requirement For Classics Majors, Adds ‘Race And Diversity’ Track
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A major in Princeton University’s classics department will no longer require students to learn Latin or Greek.

Campus Reform’s Ben Zeisloft (who also writes for The Daily Wire) reported that curriculum changes in the university’s classics department “added a track in race and identity,” which the faculty said would increase “flexibility for concentrators, including eliminating the requirement for classics majors to take Greek or Latin.”

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