This summer, Brown University is offering a free MOOC, "The Fiction of Relationship," taught by literary scholar Arnold Weinstein. More at Coursera.

Video at Funny or Die. For those not in the know: last week, Rebecca Martinson, a sorority sister in the University of Maryland's Delta Gamma sorority, lost her shit during Greek Week, fed up with all her other sisters who are "so fucking AWKWARD and so fucking BORING."

Hint: How to make tons of money with the "next big thing." From Code.org.

"You should know about the mental and physical states, the heartsickness, the frustration, the anger, and the righteous defeat that right now so many American teachers feel."

More at Giving Lip.

When parent-teacher conferences take a bad turn. More at YouTube.

"Someone might tell Dr. Jones that in academia 'publish or perish' is the rule."

More at McSweeney's.

Find more at Jest.

A new textbook for art history students at the Ontario College of Art & Design features blank boxes instead of images, providing instructions for students to look up the images online. Cost of the textbook: $180. The National Post has more. As does Metafilter.