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'Inside Higher Ed' quotes Dean May

By David Gonnerman '90
March 9, 2010

Inside Higher Ed recently quoted James May, provost and dean of the college and professor of classics, in a story about how some colleges and universities -- Centenary College in Louisiana, for example -- are trying to trim costs by targeting small academic programs such as classics departments.

"Anyone who knows a lot about the field of classical studies knows that it is the original interdisciplinary study," he says, noting that colleges are promoting interdisciplinarity and global awareness. And, he adds, "when you eliminate a person whose main thrust has been the study of antiquity, you are eliminating a natural interdisciplinary person."

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.