Todd Pettigrew

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

There’s a lot to be grateful for in academic life.

Relax. Your campus isn’t going anywhere.

Closing the higher education gap is more complicated than making sure everyone can afford it

Should faculty members be organized as unions?

Why do universities inflict such needless pain?

A 38-per-cent grade isn’t special

Nothing is better for the soul than a fresh start

Would you believe it’s because of peer pressure?

Great students are great. And I am grateful for them. But they are not enough to make it all worthwhile.

How to play (and win) the university name game