Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but You Wouldn’t Know It in Higher Ed

Meanwhile, at Syracuse University, majors in classics and classical civilization were among the programs cut following an academic program review. The number of classical studies bachelor’s degrees granted has fallen by more than 40 percent since 2012. Because the poem (like most of classical studies) never survived on its own. When college served both the common good and provided an economic boost for students, it was easier to keep Homer. Classics, after all, were foundational to early American higher education as a tool for civic education, producing good democratic citizens.