Believe it or not, yet another university has been accused of deception in a transaction with a citizen.
Faculty Lounge
Year of School Choice
Public school scores may be static but where government schools are privatized, progress is actually being made.
Global Shakespeare @ MIT
When you look for the great books in academia, you may not find them collected in the form that you remember them in.
Parting Shots on MLA
Hanging out with professors can sometimes give you an idea of trends in higher education.
Moderns Dwarfed By Dickens
When you compare the masters to modern-day writers, the latter inevitably suffer. Maybe they should, figuratively that is.
Third Man Remembered @ MLA
Occasionally, you can actually learn something from the Modern Language Association (MLA) but it may not necessarily be about literature.
Civil War Remembered @ MLA
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) conclave of English professors that took place in Seattle this month, a panel on poetry from the War Between the States featured a handout of a Union song parody housed at Baylor University which lampoons Confederacy president Jefferson Davis.
Animal or Vegetable?
Chances are you might remember when most college courses about animals appeared under the heading of Zoology, Biology or Veterinary Science. But that was long ago . . .
Dickens & the GOP
You can find out what they have to do with each other at the Modern Language Association (MLA) conclave of English professors.
Consumer Reports for Colleges
Is it an idea whose time has come?