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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

With the discipline facing a surge of scrutiny in the wake of a viral New Yorker article published in late February called “ The End of the English Major ,” English faculty are employing a range of efforts to give their field new relevancy and pizzazz. million Andrew W.

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A Skull, a Screen, and a Quarantine: Teaching Shakespeare during the Pandemic

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 15, 2021. Check out a monthly, one-year, two-year, or three-year subscription for more articles like this. In more than a decade of teaching Romeo and Juliet at my small liberal arts college, I’d never had a student walk through class wearing only a towel.

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A Skull, a Screen, and a Quarantine: Teaching Shakespeare during the Pandemic

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 15, 2021. Check out a monthly, one-year, two-year, or three-year subscription for more articles like this. In more than a decade of teaching Romeo and Juliet at my small liberal arts college, I’d never had a student walk through class wearing only a towel.

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Florida trustees select Sasse as president

Inside Higher Ed

Multiple speakers also pointed to the contrast between Midland, a small, private liberal arts college with an enrollment of about 1,000 students during Sasse’s presidency, and the University of Florida, a research institution with Division I athletics and 60,000 students. Sasse’s Senate office did not provide a response.).

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

” The college said its plan also “calls for Allegheny to have a student-to-faculty ratio that is aligned with other national liberal arts colleges. Trending order: 1 Display Promo Box: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 3 In-Article Advertisement High: 6 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 12

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Houston is the future; higher ed is stuck in past (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The next time Republicans control all levers of the federal government, we can expect a (not-so) Great Defunding Event. “You seek favor from your peers from other elite schools with expensive dinners and lavish events because their opinions carry clout in surveys. ” And especially in Houston.

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Eight ways to boost student engagement with advisers

Inside Higher Ed

Steve Estes, director of academic advising at Northern Illinois University’s College of Liberal Arts, which uses Navigate, praises the platform’s appointment campaign feature for proactive outreach and advising. The goal of this particular event is to get students fully registered. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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