“The Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership”
Stanford
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7/10/23
“Chen connected with his counterparts from ethics centers at four other institutions to form a consortium that represented students from a wide variety of backgrounds. The program has just completed its third year.”
Taylor Swift Studies? Classes On Taylor Swift Pervade Universities Today
LA Times
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7/7/23
“Earlier this year, another Stanford student taught a course on Swift’s 10-minute song “All Too Well.” Last year, classes about Swift’s songwriting and legacy thrilled Swifties at the University of Texas at Austin, Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, and New York University — where Swift received her honorary doctorate alongside the Class of 2022. Rather than an excuse for fans to talk trivia and swap comfort songs, these courses seem to incorporate a measure of academic rigor. For example, the NYU class, taught by a Rolling Stone writer, examined Swift’s career in relation to feminism, race and the music industry. And at the University of Texas, students studied Swift’s songs alongside works from Shakespeare, Keats and Frost.”