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OverviewThe writing major is among the most exciting scenes in the evolving American university. Writing Majors is a collection of firsthand descriptions of the origins, growth, and transformations of eighteen different programs. The chapters provide useful administrative insight, benchmark information, and even inspiration for new curricular configurations from a range of institutions. A practical sourcebook for those who are building, revising, or administering their own writing majors, this volume also serves as a historical archive of a particular instance of growth and transformation in American higher education. Revealing bureaucratic, practical, and institutional matters as well as academic ideals and ideologies, each profile includes sections providing a detailed program review and rationale, an implementation narrative, and reflection and prospection about the program. Documenting eighteen stories of writing major programs in various stages of formation, preservation, and reform and exposing the contingencies of their local and material constitution, Writing Majors speaks as much to the how to of building writing major programs as to the larger what, why, and how of institutional growth and change. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory A Giberson , Jim Nugent , Lori OstergaardPublisher: Utah State University Press Imprint: Utah State University Press ISBN: 9781322573687ISBN 10: 1322573689 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 01 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGreg Giberson is associate professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Oakland University. Jim Nugent is associate professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Oakland University. Lori Ostergaard is associate professor and director of first-year writing in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Oakland University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |