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Rhetorical Agency: Seeing the Ethics of It All.
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Werder, Carmen – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 2000
Destabilizes the current construction of writing program administration by both questioning the theoretical constructs inherent in the traditional language writing program administrators use to represent themselves and suggesting a more ethically sound conceptual frame. Suggests an expanded way for understanding the remarkable opportunity…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ethics, Higher Education, Program Design
Redefining Composition, Managing Change, and the Role of the WPA.
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Chase, Geoffrey – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1997
Proposes a model for writing program administrators to use to assess the effectiveness of composition programs. Argues the need to consider local conditions, evaluate the internal coherence of programs, and consider the external relevance of programs. Describes how using this model led the Writing Center at Northern Arizona University to make…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
WAC at Century's End: Haunted by the Ghost of Fred Newton Scott.
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McLeod, Susan H. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1997
Discusses two danger signs for writing across the curriculum (WAC) program survival, dealing with their cross-curricular structure, and their heavy dependence on just one person for their health and continuation. Outlines two cases from the history of writing instruction at the University of Michigan providing a precautionary tale for both kinds…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, English Departments, Financial Support, Higher Education