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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). According to the report, the unemployment rate for English majors, 2.3%, was not far off from that of all college graduates, 2.17%.

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The Guardian view on English lessons: make classrooms more creative again | Editorial

The Guardian Higher Education

It’s time for change Too much of what is valuable about studying English was lost in the educational reforms of the past 14 years. A sharp drop-off in the number of students in England taking the subject at A-level means fewer are taking English degrees.

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Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut

The Guardian Higher Education

Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education Ministers will cut funding for performing and creative arts courses at English universities next year, which sector leaders say will further damage the country’s cultural industries. Continue reading.

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Loyola University in New Orleans Students Protest Firing of English Department’s Sole Black Professor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He is the English department’s only Black professor and the sole faculty member of the Black studies program. “He He shouldn’t be the only Black professor in the department to begin with,” sophomore English major Crow Carson said. “He Scott Heath, who teaches topics related to culture, music, literature, film, and the African diaspora.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

If Blackwood’s course sounds like a divergence from the humdrum small-group discussions that college English courses bring to mind, well, you probably haven’t taken a college English class recently. “We’re not just marching through the archives,” said Blackwood, who chairs the English department at Pace.

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New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges Appointed Member of IHEP Board of Directors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges has joined the Institute for Higher Education Policy’s (IHEP) Board of Directors. in English language and literature from Francis Marion University. Dr. Brian K.

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‘Unambiguous proof’: medieval archbishop revealed as lost English saint

The Guardian Higher Education

Historian at English Heritage uncovered entry about Thurstan in a service book from Pontefract Priory, which was laid waste during the Reformation Thurstan was one of medieval England’s most influential figures – archbishop of York, founder of monasteries and defender against invading Scots.