Implementing an advanced composition program with faculty from across the curriculum

Implementing an advanced composition program with faculty from across the curriculum

Since winter 1988, Central Michigan U (Mount Pleasant) has staffed the required advanced composition course with faculty from both the English department & other academic departments. Experiences in developing a political constituency supportive of improving students' writing skills & i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Innovative higher education 1992-07, Vol.16 (4), p.291-308
Hauptverfasser: Dinan, John, Finck, Joseph E., Miles, William, Senter, Mary Scheuer
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Academic Departments
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Interdisciplinary Approach
Michigan
Sociology Education
Writing
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Zusammenfassung:Since winter 1988, Central Michigan U (Mount Pleasant) has staffed the required advanced composition course with faculty from both the English department & other academic departments. Experiences in developing a political constituency supportive of improving students' writing skills & in establishing faculty development workshops to assist faculty in preparing to teach this course are discussed. The experiences of non-English faculty teaching this course are also described, & the impact of the writing program on other university units is reviewed. 14 References.
ISSN:0742-5627
1573-1758
DOI:10.1007/BF00917814