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Free, Mary G. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1981
Discusses the growing interest in competency testing in writing at the college level, the growing dependence on minimal essays as the norm for "correct" composition, and the resulting decline in grace and style in college composition. (Author/HTH)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literary Styles, Minimum Competency Testing