Field Of DreamsPeggy O'Neill, Angela Crow, Larry W. Burton One of the first collections to focus on independent writing programs, A 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. Further chapters build larger ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of stand-alone status, covering labor issues, promotion/tenure issues, institutional politics, and others. A retrospective on the famous controversy at Minnesota is included, along with a look at the long-established independent programs at Harvard and Syracuse. Finally, the book considers disciplinary questions raised by the growth of stand-alone programs. Authors here respond with critique and reflection to ideas raised by other chapters—do current independent models inadvertently diminish the influence of rhetoric and composition scholarship? Do they tend to ignore the outward movement of literacy toward technology? Can they be structured to enhance interdisciplinary or writing-across-the-curriculum efforts? Can independent programs play a more influential role in the university than they do from the English department? |
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... First it's important to understand how much things had changed in the English department during the decade leading up to final approval of the new department . Back in 1990 , the ... years the first - year composition 22 A FIELD OF DREAMS.
... first - year composition at least once every three years ) translated into a drastically different distribution of departmental duties . I , for instance , chaired the Composition Committee , served on the First - Year Composition Task ...
... writing program is synonymous with " first - year composition program , " while at other institutions a writing program might include upper - level courses in composition , professional writing , and creative writing , or it might ...
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CONTENTS | 1 |
STORIES OF INDEPENDENT | 9 |
The Origins of a Department of Academic Creative | 21 |
Copyright | |
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