By Robert E. Brown Communications Department No. Not that L word – the stigmatizing term that has scared many principled people into avoiding being called “liberal,” and rebranding themselves as “progressive.” The liberal that concerns me is the time-honored and endangered institution: a liberal education. In the era of No Child Left Behind, standardized testing, [...]

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On March 17, Communications professors Robert Brown and Mark Zaitchik met at the invitation of the Salem State chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the Communications Honor Society, to discuss the very heart of their department’s business-the business of communications. Professor Brown brings the insights of a practitioner to the classroom. He has worked for a [...]

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