English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future, edited by Niall Gildea, Helena Goodwyn, Megan Kitching and Helen Tyson, is an accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies and its unique position within the university
Mills Kelly at EdWired: In the December 2013 issue of Perspectives, AHA Executive Director Jim Grossman wrote a very interesting essay on the future of history education in America: “Disrupting the Disruptors.” I couldn’t agree more with Grossman’s premise that
What’s aught but as ‘tis valued?’ William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II.ii, 53 In times of austerity, it is more than ever essential that what and how we value, and the far-reaching effects of any such valuation, be closely examined.
Professor Ben Knights (Teesside) introduces “The Pool” an online resource for HE lecturers in English and Creative Writing, developed by the English Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy, and now archived there. More information can be found on the
Our friends at AACU (Association of American Colleges & Universities) are celebrating their centenary this month with a major event in Washington, DC. The Association is taking this opportunity to champion the benefits of liberal education, and are issuing a
Slow food, slow reading, slow thinking… In this age of hectic information and shifting metrics, we long for slowness. For space and time to think. Every college teacher has faced an administrator asking her to log her research and preparation