Don’t expect red ink marking those comma splices and run-on sentences in your next English class. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.
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Looking for a job in a university English department? Come to the MLA convention and pitch an invented field of study and you’re in. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention.
MLA Misinformation
English professors like to talk about current events and war for oil theories about Iraq, but rarely do they get their facts straight first. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.
UNC Should Pay Closer Attention to the First Amendment
A new report from FIRE attacks the constitutionality of speech codes at North Carolina state colleges.
MLA Elements of Style
When English professors do talk about grammar at the Modern Language Association convention, it is to explain its irrelevance, not its necessity.
MLA Abu Ghraib Fantasy
“The pleasure of romance novels sets us up to accept the violence and carnage of Abu Ghraib,” said Professor Teresa L. Ebert. From the 2005 Modern Language Association convention held in Washington, D.C.
The F Word
Feminists in academia have many ideas about how to promote feminist activism, but they may not agree on what to call it.
How do We Get Students Ready for College?
Professors can thank eroding standards in K-12 classes for the influx of ill-prepared students.
A Different Kind of Literacy?
New evidence shows continued decline in reading proficiency of college graduates, and the levels were already low according to a federal study.
The Marxist Language Association
Current college classrooms resemble old-fashioned communist party cell meetings for a very good reason: They are run by the same type of people, no matter how cutting edge their output looks.