Writing program administration and the community college

by Ostman, Heather

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Title Statements

Full title :Writing program administration and the community college / Heather Ostman.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Parlor Press
Place of Publication:Anderson, South Carolina
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781602353619, 1602353611
oclc:ocn919087607
LC Classification:PE1405.U6
Dewey Decimal:808/.042071173

Front cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Community College Students; Open Admissions; Diversity; Adult Learning; Race and Ethnicity; English as a Second Language (ESL); Working Students; Working-Class Students; Developmental Students; Learning Disabilities; Emotional Needs; Reframing Assumptions; 2 Writing Program Administration at the Community College:A History and Overview; English Departments; Faculty; Decision-Making; The Role of the Writing Program Administrator (WPA).

3 The General Responsibilities of Community College WPAsCurricular Development; Introduction to Outcomes; Writing Across the Curriculum; Developmental Writing; Reading; English as a Second Language (ESL) and Generation 1.5; Articulation; Scheduling Courses; Hiring Contingent Faculty; Faculty Development; Writing Centers; Placement; Assessment; Budgets; Representing Writing Faculty; Responding to Complaints and Needs; Managing It All; 4 WPA Work in the New Era of Community Colleges; American Graduation Initiative; The Present and Future of Developmental Studies; Plurality and Inclusivity.

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Basic writing (Remedial education) Basic writing (Remedial education) -- U… Centres de communication écrite -- Admi… Collèges communautaires -- Programmes d… Community colleges -- Curricula Community colleges -- Curricula -- Unit… English language -- Rhetoric English language -- Rhetoric -- United … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composit… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric REFERENCE -- Writing Skills United States Writing centers -- Administration Writing centers -- Administration. -- U…