Epilogue : marginalization on the home front : the curious sibling relationship between English Studies and Composition Studies : a personal account / George D. Gopen. Coming into being : the Writing Department at Grand Valley State University in its 13th year / Dan Royer and Ellen Schendel -- An outsider's perspective : curriculum design and strategies for sustainability in a Canadian IWP / Judith Kearns and Brian Turner -- An alternative history of an interdependent writing program / Keith Hjortshoj -- TA training in an independent writing program : revisiting the old Comp./Lit. split in a new venue / Jennifer K. Johnson -- Integrating writing into the disciplines : risks and rewards of an alternative independent writing program / W. Brock MacDonald, Margaret Procter, and Andrea L. Williams -- Still trying to break our bonds : contingent faculty independence, and rhetorics from below and above / Georgia Rhoades, Kim Gunter, and Elizabeth Carroll -- Part of the fabric of the university : from first year through graduate school and across the disciplines / Chris Thaiss, Sarah Perrault, Katharine Rodger, Eric Schroeder, and Carl Whithaus -- Inscribing justice : IWPs and inclusivity education / Michelle Filling-Brown and Seth Frechie -- Quo vadis, independent writing programs? Writing about writing and rhetorical education / Cristina Hanganu-Bresch -- Not just teachers : the long-term effects of placing instructors in administrative roles in an independent writing program / Laura J. Davies -- Managing change in an IWP : identity, leadership style and communication strategies / Valerie C. Ross -- Navigating the minefield of dreams : branding and strategic planning as conceptual core for independent programs / Justin Everett -- The five equities : how to achieve a progressive writing program within a department of English / William B. Lalicker -- Afterword : between smoke and crystal : accomplishing in(ter)dependent writing programs / Louise Wetherbee Phelps -- Epilogue : marginalization on the home front : the curious sibling relationship between English Studies and Composition Studies : a personal account / George D. Gopen.
Summary:
"The authors assess the state of independent writing programs at a variety of institutions a decade and a half after a similar survey. The focus is on practical issues confronting administrators as they may contemplate their own independence or practices in the wake of obtaining that independence"--Provided by publisher.
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