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Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn from Engagement

Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn from Engagement

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ISBN10: 0874217695
ISBN13: 9780874217698
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: Mar 2 2010
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
An important new resource for WPA preparation courses in rhetoric and composition PhD programs. In Going Public, Rose and Weiser moderate a discussion of the role of the writing program vis-a-vis the engagement movement, the service learning movement, and current interest in public discourse/civic rhetoric among scholars of rhetoric and composition. This is a thoughtful collection on the ways that engagement-focused programs may be changing conceptions of WPA identity. As institutions begin to include more explicit engagement with citizen and stakeholder communities as an element of their mission, writing program administrators find themselves with an opportunity to articulate the ways in which writing program goals and purposes significantly contribute to achieving these new institutional goals. Writing programs are typically situated at points where students make the transition from community to college (e.g., first-year composition) or from college to community (e.g. professional writing), and are already dedicated to developing literacies that are critically needed in communities.

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