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Teaching and reading ancient Greek & Latin @ Purdue University School of Languages and Cultures. Current president of Indiana Classical Conference.

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Are there any Greek hypotheses for the dialogues of Plato similar to, e.g., Libanius' hypotheses for the orations of Demosthenes?

30.12.2023 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Under cover of the busy end of the semester, American University's leadership announced a decision to hire the Huron Consulting Group, which has brought disastrous 'restructuring' to the New School, Marymount Univ, West Virginia Univ, and elsewhere. AAUP statement to come. Please share widely.

06.12.2023 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 388    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 34

Any good suggestions for summer programs in Ancient Greek aimed at undergraduates and featuring a strong spoken component?

09.11.2023 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Via author Jodi Picoult: Local schoolboards are using so-called "AI" to figure out which books to ban: https://globegazette.com/news/local/book-ban-implemented-in-mason-city-school-library/article_1e45064a-386a-11ee-82f7-c3e222c4871a.html

14.08.2023 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have there ever been organized slates running for a range of offices in the Society for Classical Studies/APA?

10.08.2023 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Banks used an education consulting firm to push her own downsizing agenda with plausible deniability (β€˜Our job is to tell the [consultants] what we want to do, they’ll write it up in a report, and then, when there’s public criticism, we’ll say we’re following the advice of the consultants’).

10.08.2023 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Downthread, OP mentions the predominant role played by the Dem Party and its various subsidiaries in channeling funds. This seems right: the problem is political, not a matter of getting money into the right hands.

03.08.2023 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Incite Collective's argument that the non-profit sector has a specific political-economic function within USA society may be helpful here. According to them, the real money always comes with strings attached.

03.08.2023 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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