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Todd Pettigrew

Todd Pettigrew, PhD, is an Associate Professor of English at Cape Breton University. Follow him @toddpettigrew.

Canadian university students may be drifting less than we think.

Another reason to prefer small universities is the access to full-time profs.

Large classes have the benefit of having so many students that at least a few are bound to show up.

Spokesperson says remarks were taken out of context.

A new edition of Huckleberry Finn will remove the offensive words.

I need to remind struggling first-year students that this is a university course. You can actually fail.

Another song ruined by actually listening to the words.

A prominent prof at Columbia is accused of incest.

Enforcement of the rules should be strict but not so harsh as many fear.

Plagiarism matters more in the academy, and for good reason.