Over the last two years, our Norton Literature Team surveyed over 2,000 current & former English students to ask what their English degree has meant to them. While you can go to seagull.wwnorton.com/NSEM to see the full report, here are some highlights #iwasanenglishmajor
I'm interviewing Claire Bown @thinkingmuseum today and expect to touch on this very subject.
The thing some folks miss, I believe, is that art and the humanities teach us to think -- and then to express those thoughts for others. Seems pretty important to me.
"A good actor will ask really good questions." ~ Antonio Villaronga
Filmmaker, musician, composer, sound engineer and teacher Antonio Villaronga joins me this week to talk #curioisty and #filmmaking, but maybe we're just talking about life? #choosetobecurious
I'm so EXCITED to announce that @LIC_anthology was just awarded a Level 3 Advancement Grant from @NEH_ODH! I'll be building on this important digital humanities and open pedagogy project for the next 3 years, supported by $350,000 in federal funding! neh.gov/news/neh-announces-2…
Hey @marymountu, looking for something to read? Join us for book club on November 30th at 6:30pm to discuss Jane Austen's #Persuasion and the 2022 Netflix film starring Dakota Johnson! #MUReads
The first proof (without ink for now) on our new Craftsmen letterpress... there are some problems, but nothing we can't fix! Can you tell what's wrong? Bonus points if you know what the quote is from! @marymountu#marymountuniversity
Hey @marymountu - See the wonderful writer #SandraCisneros tomorrow night at @PoliticsProse and learn about her new collection of poems "Woman Without Shame" which hits shelves TODAY! The event will be livestreamed! For event details: ow.ly/BRE950KI6xe
Thank you for saying this. While a job may be had after college, first and foremost a college degree is about education and the creation of a thoughtful, well-rounded human being capable of making good civic choices. The cost of college is too high. Both these things are true.
There are so many things wrong with the framing of this article, but as a scholar of college major choice and higher education more broadly, I’ll pick just a few to unpack:
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