Muchnick, Justin
30.09.2026
Muchnick, Justin (2026). The Classical Diploma at Phillips Exeter Academy: Curricular Strategy and Institutional History. Ars docendi, 28, settembre 2026.
At Phillips Exeter Academy, a college-preparatory boarding school in the United States, classics students are awarded a special certificate known as the “Classical Diploma”. This article discusses the Classical Diploma’s position within Exeter’s curriculum, the mechanics of how it is awarded and what privileges it confers, its relationship to other specialized diploma programs at other similar schools, and its status as a tradition deeply ingrained in Exeter’s particular history.
Justin Muchnick teaches history and coaches wrestling at Phillips Exeter Academy. Concurrently, he is working on his PhD in classics at the Institute of Classical Studies, a research center within the University of London. His dissertation focuses on the history of the classical curriculum at Exeter and one of its closely linked peer institutions, Phillips Academy Andover.
At Phillips Exeter Academy, a college-preparatory boarding school in the United States, classics students are awarded a special certificate known as the “Classical Diploma”. This article discusses the Classical Diploma’s position within Exeter’s curriculum, the mechanics of how it is awarded and what privileges it confers, its relationship to other specialized diploma programs at other similar schools, and its status as a tradition deeply ingrained in Exeter’s particular history.
Justin Muchnick teaches history and coaches wrestling at Phillips Exeter Academy. Concurrently, he is working on his PhD in classics at the Institute of Classical Studies, a research center within the University of London. His dissertation focuses on the history of the classical curriculum at Exeter and one of its closely linked peer institutions, Phillips Academy Andover.
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