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Would You Want Any of These People Teaching Your Student?

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English was one of the fields first conquered by the Left in its long march through our institutions and it has steadily grown worse. Today, college English classes are apt to focus mainly on “progressive” obsessions with race, gender, intersectionality, and so on, rather than on clear writing, Shakespeare’s plays, or great novels.

If you are looking for evidence of that horrible trend, consider the Modern Language Association (MLA), the professional organization for professors of English. Its meetings are a window into the thinking of its members. In today’s Martin Center article, Graham Hillard looks at the upcoming MLA conference in New Orleans.

George Leef

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George Leef

George Leef is the director of external relations at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He is the author of The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale: A Political Fable for Our Time.

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