Describes how adjunct courses can encourage students to see writing as a process of discovery and creation. (CRH)

Recalls the scope and goals of the original Project English, and calls for professional commitment to the teaching of English once again. (CRH)

Criticizes E. D. Hirsch and cultural literacy. Raises questions about the selection of content and teaching methods in a program for cultural literacy. Clarifies the concept of the "writerly" and supports the argument that it is necessary in education for literacy with arguments from empirical research, history, and personal experience.…

Cites one university's experiences to show (1) how a university can maintain staff and stabilize budget while encouraging the continued production and transmission of knowledge; (2) how a department can foster excellent teaching, significant research, and successful public and university service; and (3) how an individual faculty member can…

Provides guidelines and practical advice for planning and running a computer lab for writing. (NKA)

Explains the importance of competence in standard American English in a developmental writing curriculum and reviews several theories of basic writing instruction. (EL)

Describes the focus of a freshman literature course: understanding literary meaning, analyzing literary form, and exploring literary value with each of the three one-quarter classes drawing on the resources of a major area within current literary studies, such as hermeneutics (meaning), poetics (form), and criticism (evaluation). (EL)

Describes the attempt to define and to understand composition studies. Discusses problems involving its becoming a discipline and describes current writing programs based on a survey of 52 universities. (EL)

Describes goals and development of an instructional resource center, the development of a writing skills assessment test, the collection and dissemination of basic skills instruction and progress, and the establishment of a national testing network in writing. (EL)