Who Killed Creative Writing?

In 1994, there were 64 MFA writing programs in the U.S. Today there are more than 200. That does not count creative writing programs that, for whatever reason, are MA programs, and it does not count undergraduate writing programs that allow you to get a bachelor's degree in creative writing. In the past two decades there has been a boom in low-residency MFA programs, wherein students work with instructors remotely for most of the year, then come together for a few weeks twice annually for workshops, readings, guest lectures and after-hours drinking sessions. Every year, thousands of students graduate from these programs, a good chunk of whom then proceed to find a job teaching in an MFA program.