Tuesday, July 28, 2009

News at Eleven: Most professors agree the expansion in

the field has been hastened by an uncertain job market, though they diverge on why. Some see creative writing as a way to hedge career bets, since writing skills are useful in many professions. Others consider the field a welcome escape hatch from the mounting emphasis on business and other so-called "practical" areas of study.

"This is the yang, the flip side to that world," said Jared Harel, a poet hired by Centenary to help develop the minor and concentration debuting this fall.

from The Star-Ledger: Colleges report a shift to the write

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