Reading in Public No. 4: Much ado about English majors
An English educator ponders why students are fleeing the field
A few weeks ago, the New Yorker published an article titled The End of the English Major. The article was filled with troubling (depending on your views) and surprising (depending on your experience) statistics about how few college students are majoring in English and the humanities. I really appreciated this article and the conversations it’s started.…