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It is getting so tired with the conservatives. You'd think the "Western Civilization is dying" cult would support STEM or even modern historians, but classics? An over bloated field with no prospects in it. |
What a ridiculous thing to post. Classics are the foundation of our society and produce extraordinary students. I see someone graduated with a BBA
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Looks like Princeton needs to update its fellowship services. |
+1. and one that is VERY important if you do upper lever work MA, PHD, MPhil andDPhi ovesease |
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very interesting. |
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Oberlin, which is not a huge school, produced 16 Fulbrights last year, and about 20 from this year’s class. They are also the number #1 producer of Peace Corp volunteers among small colleges. And one of the top MacArthur Genius Grant producers— and top 2 or 3 per capita.
When we visited Macalaster, they highlighter the number of Peace Corp volunteers they produced. I have a kid at WM and they do well with producing Fulbrights. You can argue about whether these are “selective”. On DCUM, some people think Cornell isn’t selective, so views of selectivity are skewed.. But, clearly schools outside of HYPS produce plenty of Fulbrights and Peace Corps. I think that is less the case for Rhodes Scholars. |
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The smartest kid we know is going to Cambridge next year on a Churchill Scholarship. Amazing opportunity for students in math, science or engineering.
16 students from US, plus 2 Kanders Scholars |
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As much as I hate it, it is very likely the Classics will be phased out for similar programs to American studies as students have lost all interest in the subject over time. As riveting as the subject is, it doesn’t pull without today’s students who are interested in Racial/gender theories and intersectionality. The sadder thing is it is likely that conservatives institutions (hillsdale and its ilk) will preserve the classics and serve as the industry lead if things don’t change. |