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Is Hip-Hop Poetry?
Would Garrison Keillor read hip-hop lyrics on The Writer’s Almanac? In today's Academic Minute, Ohio Wesleyan University's David Caplan discusses...
Shouting Down a Lecture
Middlebury students chant and shout to prevent Charles Murray from speaking. He later is led to a private location, where a discussion with a professor is livestreamed. After the event some attack car carrying Murray and a professor.
Pence, Not Trump, Will Speak at Notre Dame
University typically invites first-year presidents to give commencement address. Amid debate over whether to invite current president, vice president gets the nod, with praise for his “reserved dignity.”
From Bowdoin to Boston
Former Bowdoin College president takes a lower-ranking role at UMass Boston, saying he thinks the challenge in American higher education is in public institutions.
Not Caught on Camera
Cal State Fullerton faculty union says instructor was suspended for allegedly hitting a student at a pro-Trump rally -- despite a lack of evidence. Professor's allies say he was the one who was attacked.
Tools That May Discourage Quality Writing
Programs that promote themselves as helping students paraphrase may be helping them plagiarize, researcher warns.
Seminole State Student Arrested in Gun Incident
A student at Seminole State College was arrested Thursday after he threatened to hurt himself with a gun and argued...
Academic Minute: Is Hip-Hop Poetry?
Today on the Academic Minute, David Caplan, professor of English at Ohio Wesleyan University, discusses whether hip-hop is poetry and...