As the Globe issues trigger warnings, English departments are binning the Bard in favour of classes on Lady Gaga and Game of Thrones Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without...
WASHINGTON, DC—In response to the student-led and faculty-supported removal of William Shakespeare’s portrait […]
Shakespeare takes another hit. At the University of Pennsylvania, the student newspaper reports that a group of students took down a large portrait of William Shakespeare, which had for years been displayed above a...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) advises trustees and alumni about higher education issues, identifies “oases of [educational] excellence,” and examines graduation requirements at various colleges to answer the question “What Will...
Wherefore art thou Shakespeare? As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death we examine ACTA's report, The Unkindest Cut: Shakespeare in Exile 2015. This report revealed that one of the most influential...
At the University of Dallas (UD)—a What Will They Learn?™ “A” school and my undergraduate alma mater—the most significant part of the core curriculum is the Literary Tradition sequence. Undergraduates take four literature classes,...
BEN BOYCHUK Violence. Murder. Insanity. Greed. Witchcraft. Betrayal. And that’s just in “Macbeth.” Don’t forget love, romance, sex, honor, respect, duty, self-sacrifice, free will, mortality – great universal themes that Shakespeare brings alive in...
If you aren’t reading this on a smart device, then you definitely have one nearby. At your disposal is an incredible amount of freedom and access to knowledge and culture that was once only...
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