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
Electronic Portfolios: Principles and Practices (November 2007)
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Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Writing in Digital Environments (February 2004)
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Writing Assessment Principles (November 2006, revised March 2009)
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Ethical Issues
Disability Policy (November 2006; Reaffirmed April 2011)
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Ethical Conduct of Research in Composition Studies (November 2003)
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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
Ebonics Training and Research (May 1998)
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Multiple Uses of Writing--with bibliography (November 2007)
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National Language Policy (March 1988, updated 1992)
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Students' Right to Their Own Language--with bibliography (April 1974, reaffirmed November 2003, annotated bibliography added August 2006)
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Teaching Second Language Writing and Writers--with bibliography (January 2001, revised November 2009)
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Professional Issues
Beginning Composition and Rhetoric Faculty Guidelines (1987)
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Faculty Work in Community-Based Settings (November 2009)
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Postsecondary Teaching of Writing: Principles and Standards (October 1989)
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Preparation and Professional Development of Writing Teachers (1982)
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The Range of Scholarship in Composition: A Description for Department Chairs and Deans (1987)
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Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Work with Technology (November 1998)
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