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1 online resource (319 pages) |
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The origins of a department of academic, creative, and professional writing / Daniel J. Royer and Roger Gilles -- Internal friction in a new independent department of writing and what the external conflict resolution consultants recommended / Eleanor Agnew and Phyllis Surrency Dallas -- Writing identity: the independent writing department as a disciplinary center / Anne Aronson and Craig Hansen -- Small but good: how a specialized writing program goes it alone / Louise Rehling -- Independence fostering community: the benefits of an independent writing program at a small liberal arts college / Elizabeth J. Deis, Lowell T. Frye, and Katherine J. Weese -- No longer discourse technicians: redefining place and purpose in an independent Canadian writing program / Brian Turner and Judith Kearns -- Learning as we g(r)o(w): strategizing the lessons of a fledgling rhetoric and writing department / Jane E. Hindman -- Creating two departments in writing: one past and one future / Barry M. Maid -- Who wants composition? Reflections on the rise and fall of an independent program / Chris M. Anson -- Revising the dream: graduate students, independent writing programs, and the future of English studies / Jessica Yood -- Locating writing programs in research universities / Peggy O'Neill and Ellen Schendel -- Wagering tenure by signing on with independent writing programs / Angela Crow -- A rose by every other name: the excellent problem of independent writing programs / Wendy Bishop -- Keeping (in) our places, keeping our two face / Theresa Enos -- Managing to make a difference / Thomas P. Miller -- Stasis and change: the role of independent composition programs and the dynamic nature of literacy / Cynthia L. Selfe, Gail E. Hawisher, and Patricia Ericsson -- Bigger than a discipline? / Kurt Spellmeyer -- Afterword: countering the naysayers: independent writing programs as successful experiments in American education / Larry W. Burton |
| Summary |
One of the first collections to focus on independent writing programs, Field of Dreams offers a complex picture of the experience of the stand-alone. Included here are narratives of individual programs from a wide range of institutions, exploring such issues as what institutional issues led to their independence, how independence solved or created administrative problems, how it changed the culture of the writing program and faculty sense of purpose, success, or failure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Independent study.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching
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Independent study
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
O'Neill, Peggy, 1963-
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Crow, Angela, 1965-
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Burton, Larry W.
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| ISBN |
0874214645 |
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9780874214642 |
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1283266903 |
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9781283266901 |
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9786613266903 |
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6613266906 |
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