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Jeremy Tate Jeremy Tate is CEO of Classic Learning Test, which is an alternative college entrance exam that exposes young people to some of the most important texts from literature, philosophy, and history.

At the foundation of America’s democratic-republican form of government rests the influence of the classics. The Founding Fathers were men who varied in backgrounds, temperament and political beliefs, but shared an abiding appreciation for classical education. The democratic institutions of Greece and Rome heavily influenced the founders of American democracy, and many regard French and English philosophers Montesquieu and John Locke as providing the intellectual and moral heft for America...

Howard Plans to Close Classics Department By   Howard University plans to dissolve its classics department, the only classics department at a historically Black college or university in the country, according to the Society for Classical Studies. The society’s Board of Directors said in an April 16 statement that it had recently received word from the department that Howard decided to close it “as part of its prioritization efforts.” The statement quotes a message the society received ...