Phi Beta Cons

Read and Weep, If You Love Literature

English professors have nearly killed English departments, as evidenced by the University of Arizona’s moving English from the Humanities to the College of Social Behavior, as well as the hectoring of “hidebound faculty members” who believe that “Web comics” and “hip-hop discourses” are not appropriate for study in English classes.  I write about the trend at Minding the Campus in “Goodbye to English Departments.”

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