James Franco Will NOT Teach At Yale This Spring

In what was ostensibly not an act of performance art, James Franco said on Good Morning America this week that he would be teaching a class starting in January at Yale University, where he's enrolled as a Ph.D student.

But according to Yale authorities, Franco spoke too soon.

The Yale Daily News has more:

"As a grad student in our program, he would not ordinarily teach until his third year," [English Department Chair Michael] Warner said in an e-mail to the News. "[Franco] was referring to another project: a proposal for a college seminar that did not work out for this year."

Franco will still be a presence on campus, however. The News reports that Franco will have a hand in organizing a undergraduate film project.

Comments

[Muno]

04:32 PM on 07/25/2010

I do not know Yale policy but from my own experience it seems that the policy in most universities is to assign TA positions to students who have done all their course work which normally comes in the third year.

[veritas88]

07:55 PM on 07/25/2010

That's the same policy at Yale. I'm a grad student in the English dept at Yale and I thought it seemed odd that Franco would teach in the 2nd semester of his first year. What's he supposed to teach? I don't believe he's ever taught before.

[Canajax]

09:18 PM on 07/26/2010

He has taught me everything I know about life. I reference pineapple express on an hourly basis.

[Waiting for Something]

09:48 AM on 07/25/2010

I love smart men. Smart AND hot men are the ultimate. And this is why I clicked on this article. , Loved him in Milk and Pineapple Express, too.

[JumpDownTurnAround]

10:42 PM on 07/25/2010

Me too! I agree that "smart AND hot men are the ultimate"! James Franco is a big HOTTIE....his younger brother Dave is cute too!

[Daws]

10:05 AM on 07/28/2010

You forgot talented. Smart, hot, talented...hot.

[atrask]

01:13 PM on 07/24/2010

I'm uncertain as to how James Franco teaching at Yale is relevant to university life in the United States. HuffPost, please clarify.

[Canajax]

03:14 AM on 07/25/2010

It's sort of an everyman piece, about an average kid named James at some school called Yale, just trying to find his place in the world and her identity as a man. It's like a a Mellencamp song or something.

[Tribal Knowledge]

11:39 AM on 07/26/2010

Exactly.

Cinderella story, kid outta nowhere from an acting family dynasty, born to privilege and silver spoon fed, inexplicably winds up at a tiny little college no one's ever heard of named Yale (sp?), and in between working the summers away in the anonymous toil that is motion picture fame and fortune, carves out {sniff} - just a tiny little piece of the world, just for him.

It's like a Stenibeck story.

[hippiechik]

02:12 PM on 07/25/2010

... if you're not interested ~ don't click the headline, don't comment - that is why I love HP - you get to choose your news..create your own paper..

[atrask]

11:56 AM on 08/13/2010

...and if you don't where your tax money is going, don't pay your taxes!

In the same way that I pay my taxes even though I don't always agree with and often criticize their intended utilization, I will prudently read HuffPost articles and comment on their value and interest.

[Canajax]

02:13 AM on 07/24/2010

Man, that sucks. He's the only reason I chose Yale.

[veritas88]

07:56 PM on 07/25/2010

really?

[Canajax]

03:36 PM on 07/26/2010

Sarcasm.

[ZenSufi]

07:45 AM on 07/26/2010

You can always settle for Harvard.

[Tribal Knowledge]

11:40 AM on 07/26/2010

Yale's easier to spell than...uh...that other one.

[Canajax]

03:36 PM on 07/26/2010

If I want affectatious branding, I'll go to Mcgill or over to Britain. It's like getting it at a half off sale.

[Pandaforum]

08:48 PM on 07/23/2010

this is the level of intellect we have come to expect under the obama regime.

[jsalspach]

12:04 AM on 07/24/2010

As opposed to the level of intellect under the Bush cabal????? Back under the bridge trolls the billy goats are waiting

[k6007]

08:23 AM on 07/24/2010

rush thinks higher education is taking oxycotin and reading 'my pet goat'.

[inkongirl]

07:53 PM on 07/23/2010

The admissions hard drive probably crashed due to all the extra interest in taking his class.

[Tails]

10:08 PM on 07/23/2010

Hey, I was trying to transfer just to take that class.

[TeeSC]

06:47 PM on 07/23/2010

This is the dude from Pineapple Express... right? What IS the world coming to. :-)

[Tails]

10:08 PM on 07/23/2010

So, he was in a movie, therefore he's not smart.

Got it.

[TeeSC]

04:10 PM on 07/24/2010

relax tails. i was just teasin'.

[bwright85]

04:29 PM on 07/23/2010

I know a sex ed class that needs a professor...meets in my bedroom every night, James ;) lol

[Rock Jocelyn]

02:28 PM on 07/26/2010

Riiight?

[PrideCraddock]

04:07 PM on 07/23/2010

I love this guy...they should let him teach anything! He is the Redford of his generation!

[TimeMaster]

05:22 PM on 07/23/2010

Looks like Franco died on GH today...back to school I guess.