David Clemens

Professor of English, Monterey Peninsula College

Articles

April 30, 2014

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MOOC

David Clemens

The MOOC provides a platform for education about Western Civilization.

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June 28, 2013

A Profession at Risk: Teaching Humans in the New Millennium

David Clemens

David Clemens reviews a new collection of essays and asks, "What is real education, and why does it need defending?"

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October 22, 2012

How the Internet Ruined the Teaching of Literature

David Clemens

Professor Clemens gives up his Literature class because students no longer relate to a non-Internet medium.

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September 22, 2012

What STEM Can’t Do

David Clemens

A story of pets and furry friends exemplifies how a science and math core overlooks a large portion of the human experience.

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September 10, 2012

Mumford and Sons: God, Literature, and Rock and Roll

David Clemens

A deeper look at the lyrics of popular band Mumford and Sons reveals influences of Steinbeck and explorations of the 21st century male experience and his spiritual yearnings.

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July 17, 2012

Elvis vs. Julia: A Lesson from the Liberal Arts

David Clemens

We would desire a free life all the more if we really grasped what the liberal arts has to teach.

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June 27, 2012

“Accelerated Learning”: Bullet Train to Success or Oxymoron?

David Clemens

Why are colleges so deeply invested in doing what is clearly not college?

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May 9, 2012

Higher Education and the Perfect Data Storm

David Clemens

To understand what's really going on at our colleges and universities, we need to look beyond data, writes David Clemens.

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February 21, 2012

The Vocabulary of Virtue

David Clemens

You can’t end racism by practicing racism, even when you pretend it is virtuous.

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February 14, 2012

California Dreamin'

David Clemens

David Clemens laments the latest announcement from California's commnuity college system.

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