The Future of English Studies

Via a link on the WPA List, I found this YouTube video presentation by Richard E. Miller, Chair of the Rutgers English Department and Executive Director of their Writing Center. The video is a presentation to the Rutgers Board, and begins with a number of university specific comments. As the video progresses, Miller works toward a provocative statement; he argues that in the future, the humanities will be engaged not in critique, but in creation, and the creativity will manifest in multimedia forms, which are the new language and press of the digital age.