Do students transfer the skills that they learn in English 101 to other courses and contexts? Often, it seems that they do not--or, at least, that the transfer is not visible or readily apparent. On the positive side, however, one may underestimate the complex nature of many of the tasks that students undertake, often for the first time, in the…

Promotes the use of a familiar children's classic to help students look beyond plot in analyzing more elusive elements of fiction. (MS)

Examines the discrepancy between the attitudes of born-again and fundamentalist Christian college students and what they sometimes perceive to be offensive secular views inherent to the college literature classroom. Discusses recommendations for literature teachers to help accommodate students with outspoken religious beliefs to the course…

Shows how employers' and society's expectations of what two-year-college English teachers can do for students conflict with what they can achieve. (EL)

Reflects on the author's long, demanding, and rewarding career as a teacher and administrator in community colleges. Describes how she found herself an advocate of change in the profession in the 1970s, the differences she sensed and thrived upon in the community college experience, and how flexibility was the key to successfully teaching the wide…