The Decline of the English Department
William M. Chace The American Scholar
During the last four decades, a well-publicized shift in what undergraduate students prefer to study has taken place in American higher education ... In one generation, then, the numbers of those majoring I n the humanities dropped from a total of 30 percent to a total of less than 16 percent; during that same generation, business majors climbed from 14 percent to 22 percent ... I have wanted to believe that this discipline [English] had certain borders and limitations, and that there were essential things to know, to preserve, and to pass on. But it turns out that everything now is porous, hazy, and open to never-ending improvisation, cancellation, and rupture; the clean slates are endlessly forthcoming.
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