Education / Curricula

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Interests and Opportunities

Interests and Opportunities

Race, Racism, and University Writing Instruction in the Post–Civil Rights Era
In the late 1960s, colleges and universities became deeply embroiled in issues of racial equality. To combat this, hundreds of new programs were introduced to address the needs of “high-risk” minority and low-income students. In the years since, university policies have flip-flopped between calls to address minority needs and arguments ...
The Evolution of College English

The Evolution of College English

Literacy Studies from the Puritans to the Postmoderns
Thomas P. Miller defines college English studies as literacy studies and examines how it has evolved in tandem with broader developments in literacy and the literate. He maps out “four corners” of English departments: literature, language studies, teacher education, and writing studies. Miller identifies their development with broader changes in ...
Composition In The University

Composition In The University

Historical and Polemical Essays
Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study ...

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