A few weeks ago I raised the question of whether the institutions could work together to improve the synergy between English departments in college and secondary education. Even though this week’s readings were supposed to shed light on this, most … Continue reading →

Lots on our plate – having majored in IT in High School (yes, we pick a specialization when we are fourteen in Italy) this week’s topics particularly resonated with me. Let me begin by expressing my surprise in reading how … Continue reading →

Since I began my career as a doctoral student at CUNY I have learned extensively on the history and the current state of higher education in the United States and its many contradictions. Yet, I still find it difficult and … Continue reading →

In The Humanities and the Dream of America Geoffrey Galt Harpham claims that whereas before the 1970s “the humanities ha[d] not been able to connect themselves so directly to wealth and well-being” by 1980 “liberal education at many leading institutions … Continue reading →