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Alternative Models of First-Year Composition: Possibilities and Problems.
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Bamberg, Betty – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1997
Examines the theoretical and pragmatic objections to first-year composition courses raised by recent abolitionists who are composition insiders. Assesses four frequently proposed alternative models of first-year composition. Discusses evaluating these alternatives from the perspective of a writing program administrator's dual roles of curriculum…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Models
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
Reconstituting Authority: Four Perspectives on a Team Approach to Writing Program Administration.
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Keller, Katherine L.; Lee, Jennie; McClelland, Ben W.; Robertson, Brenda – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1998
Offers four perspectives on dynamic changes in the architecture of power and leadership in one university's large Freshman English writing program as it implemented a more collaborative approach in its administration, reforming a top-down administrative structure into a more egalitarian one. (SR)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Department Heads
Power, Partnership, and Negotiations: The Limits of Collaboration.
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Harrington, Susanmarie; Fox, Steve; Hogue, Tere Molinder – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1998
Offers perspectives of 3 members of a 10-member coordinating committee that has collaborated in the administration of their university's first year writing program for the past 10 years. Discusses how such partnerships come to be created in a hierarchical university environment, how power is acquired, and how collaboration works on a daily basis.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Department Heads
Writing Program Administration as Conversation.
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Recchio, Tom – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1998
Considers relations between the official pedagogy of the writing program that the author administers and his administrative practices, to come to terms with the hidden curriculum of his situation. Argues for a shift from thinking about administration as masterful organization and implementation to conceiving of it as relational and receptive, a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Freshman Composition
Who's the Boss?: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Collaborative Administration for Untenured WPAs.
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Schell, Eileen E. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1998
Analyzes scholarship on administrative leadership styles. Describes the writing program co-directorship model the author and a colleague developed at a Southern public university, and offers a critical analysis of both the possibilities and pitfalls of collaborative administration for untenured writing program administrators. Points out ways in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Department Heads