Suggests that successful strategies for retaining faculty lines will vary widely according to local circumstances. Discusses the cases of the University of Oregon and the State University of New York Stony Brook, which suggest that English departments stand to gain if they can demonstrate that adding faculty lines will help overcome the split…

Describes the curriculum of Brown University, a curriculum that honors the Emersonian ideal of individual self-realization while it addresses the challenges of cultural difference. Points out that interdisciplinary exploration and undergraduate research are the key components of Brown's distinctive curriculum. (SLD)