Undergraduates have for over a decade been questioning the value of B.A. degrees in English. Of late many have been voicing their anxieties about the practicality and marketability of the degree, and record numbers of them have felt compelled to drop the major despite their professed interest in English language and literature. ADE Bulletin (1983)
English, Redefined at Harvard
Submitted by Daniel Anderson on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 15:11
Inside Higher Education had this brief overview of curricular changes at Harvard. What's of interest in terms of saving English studies is perhaps the focus on pedagogy. Looking at English from the perspective of undergraduate education makes good sense, as do the adjustments coming at Harvard: smaller class sizes, more thematic emphases, less lockstep chronology, and a set of courses in some ways geared around process more than content bodes well
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English SOS is a media collaborative. Our current project is the production of the media book, How to Save English Studies. Core members include The Studio for Instructional Technology and English Studies. Key Investigators include Daniel Anderson.
