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09 September 2009

Let Us Edu-tain You!


Boston College German studies professor Michael Resler went searching for a way to boost flagging interest in his “German Literature of the High Middle Ages” class a few years ago, and settled on the idea of simply giving the course a sexier name. The resulting “Knights, Castles, and Dragons” nearly tripled enrollment.


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— Zappa, “Dumb All Over”

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