At my college majors are required to take all the historical periods and only ONE course in literary theory, so literature rules. We're weak in Anglo Saxon, but strong in Middle English and Renaissance, and manage to hit all the traditional folks on up to the Moderns, where we also have courses that would make right-wingers squirm, like Gay and Lesbian Literature. My impression is that it's the same in all the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, the organization we are part of. Anyway, Berube's book is worth reading. PS: I also have colleagues who vote Republican or Libertarian, though they are the minority on campus, and our student body is also divided pretty much the way the nation is. Respect for reasoned argument is the by-word in my classrooms, and I'm sure in those of most of my colleagues.
[This message has been edited by David Mason (edited October 25, 2006).]
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