Taylor Swift will have two new courses at both Harvard University and the University of Florida (UF) in 2024. According to Entertainment Weekly, the courses will explore her musical oeuvre, with the course at UF specifically situating her songwriting in the context of pop icons who preceded her such as Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, and Dolly Parton. While this news is understandably delightful for the Swifties, Taylor’s adoring fans, some people throughout social media are expressing their displeasure with institutions of higher education deciding to use resources to put on such a course. This reaction has become normal whenever courses of this kind are announced. Such analyses are misguided.
In Defense of University Courses on Pop Culture
In Defense of University Courses on Pop…
In Defense of University Courses on Pop Culture
Taylor Swift will have two new courses at both Harvard University and the University of Florida (UF) in 2024. According to Entertainment Weekly, the courses will explore her musical oeuvre, with the course at UF specifically situating her songwriting in the context of pop icons who preceded her such as Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, and Dolly Parton. While this news is understandably delightful for the Swifties, Taylor’s adoring fans, some people throughout social media are expressing their displeasure with institutions of higher education deciding to use resources to put on such a course. This reaction has become normal whenever courses of this kind are announced. Such analyses are misguided.