Outlines strategies for teaching freshman composition courses and discusses the similarities between teaching graduate courses and teaching survey courses. Finds that (1) thinking, exploring, and testing ideas in the freshman composition classroom can provide material for research; and (2) teaching in the area of one's scholarship provides an…

Discusses the role of teaching and of teachers in determining and asserting our values and in the exploration of alternatives and their consequences. (TO)

Details the resolution passed at the Wyoming Conference on English, calling for major professional organizations in English, especially CCCC, to take steps to correct the exploitation of English faculty members, particularly writing teachers. (JC)

Offers a planning guide for English teachers interested in organizing a student tour to the United Kingdom. Includes details for designing the tour, budgeting expenses, recruiting students, arranging transportation and lodging, and preparing students before departure. Presents a timetable summarizing pretrip preparations. (MM)