CCCC Position Statements are statements on educational issues approved by the Conference on College Composition and Communication Exeucutive Committee. Please click on any of the titles below to view the summary and/or full statement.
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Digital Literacy and Assessment
Principles and Practices in Electronic Portfolios (November 2007)
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CCCC Position Statement on Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Writing in Digital Environments (February 2004)
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Writing Assessment: A Position Statement (November 2006)
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Ethical Issues
A Policy on Disability in CCCC (November 2006)
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CCCC Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct of Research in Composition Studies (November 2003)
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CCCC Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Human Participants: A Bibliography (November 2003)
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Guidelines for the Ethical Treatment of Students and Student Writing in Composition Studies (November 2000)
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Language Issues
CCCC Statement on Ebonics (May 1998)
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CCCC Statement on the Multiple Uses of Writing (November 2007)
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CCCC National Language Policy (March 1988, updated 1992)
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Students' Right to Their Own Language (April 1974, reaffirmed November 2003, annotated bibliograhy added August 2006)
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CCCC Statement on Second Language Writing and Writers (January 2001)
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Professional Issues
Statement of Professional Guidance (1987)
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Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing (October 1989)
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CCCC Position Statement on the Preparation and Professional Development of Teachers of Writing (1982)
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Scholarship in Composition: Guidelines for Faculty, Deans, and Department Chairs (1987)
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CCCC Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Work with Technology (November 1998)
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