This study employed a mixed-methods strategy to assess how narrative writing is perceived and utilized in first-year composition (FYC) courses at American 4-year institutions. The history of narrative writing instruction is reviewed in an examination of the literature of rhetoric and composition scholars, as well as those who study narrative…

Reviews the evolution of the required Freshman English course of the 1960s into the present college composition course offered in most institutions. Notes the focus on enabling students to master the skill of writing through emphasis on the writing process. Raises concerns, however, over the large number of adjunct and/or part-time faculty…

Christopher Newport College, begun as a colony of the College of William and Mary, was born in the 1960s out of the fervor to open the doors of higher education to more people. It enrolls between 500-600 students in freshman writing courses each semester. Changes to the freshman composition program were undertaken, beginning in 1994, with a shift…