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5 October 2012

Update II: "'Crisis' in Classics" briefly revisited

by John D. Muccigrosso

The APA has just announced the results of the annual elections for 2012. So what kind of institutional representation do we find the members voted for (not that there was much choice in this dimension)?

Office              Institution     Description
President           UCincinnati     Big Public U.
Financial Tr.       UC, Davis       Big Public U.
VP Prof. Matters    UVa             Big Public U.
VP Pub & Research   UT              Big Public U.

Board of Directors  Ohio State      Big Public U.

Board of Directors  UPenn           Big Private U.
Nominating Comm     Princeton       Big Private U.
Nominating Comm     CUNY            Big Public U.
Education Comm      Phillips-Exeter Elite Prep School

Goodwin Award Comm  Bowdoin         Elite Private LAC
Prof Matters Comm   Episcopal Acad  Elite Prep School
Program Committee   Harvard         Big Private U.

Pub & Research Comm Cornell         Big Private U.

So that's 6 from big public universities, 5 from big private universities, 2 from elite prep schools (1 of which has an endowment that easily dwarfs that of all but the wealthiest of LACs in this country) and 1 from an elite small LAC.

Classics' main professional organization continues to be dominated by the "haves."

Reminds me of the Romney campaign...


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