The College Section of NCTE supports the exploration of English Studies in the variety of collegiate settings.
NCTE Annual Convention
The College Section is pleased to welcome you to NCTE's Annual Convention. This year's College Section program is diverse and exciting. Conventiongoers will enjoy the full spectrum of bold new work in poetry, literature, drama, composition, non-fiction and technology. With over 200 interactive sessions and activities, your greatest challenge will be to decide which college sessions to attend!
CCCC Annual Convention
Since 1949, the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) has been the world's largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition, from writing to new media. The 2009 CCCC Annual Convention, "Making Waves," will be held March 11-14, 2009, in San Francisco, California.
Charles Bazerman on literacy education.
College Section Announcements!
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Professional Development Web Seminars
Are you looking for high-quality professional development delivered by some of NCTE’s most experienced presenters in an easy-to-use format that is perfect for individuals or learning communities. We know spending a day away from your classroom isn’t always an option. Whether you’re participating on your own or planning professional development for an early release day, you’ll find these sessions informative, interactive and a great value! Are you looking for high-quality professional development delivered by some of NCTE’s most experienced presenters in an easy-to-use format that is perfect for individuals or learning communities. We know spending a day away from your classroom isn’t always an option. Whether you’re participating on your own or planning professional development for an early release day, you’ll find these sessions informative, interactive and a great value!
OBama's Possible Candidates for Education Secretary
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
... professor at Stanford University, whose research and teaching has focused on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality, and educational equity. ...
Study: Everyone Should Take SAT Less Seriously
The SATs can be good for behaviorally challenged slackers who just happen to be great test-takers. A 1600 can get them into a great college, despite horrible grades and discipline problems. But is the test really good for anyone else? NPR, October 9, 2008
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95555519&ft=1&f=1013
Margaret Spellings Looks Back In podcast interview
Spellings may not be quite ready to call it a term yet, but she is beginning, both in speeches like the one at Harvard and in an interview with Inside Higher Ed in her Washington office last week, to assess the impact of her nearly four years in office.
Inside HigherEd October 6, 2008 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/10/06/spellings
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Is 2.08 Really the Loneliest Number? Sociologist Casts Doubt on a Study The Chronicle of Higher Education September 30, 2008 http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/09/4806n.htm
Can Higher Education Regulate Itself?
Colleges and accrediting agencies dodged a bullet this summer as Congress, enacting legislation to renew the Higher Education Act, shielded higher education from the U.S. Education Department’s efforts to step up federal regulation of how accreditors and, by extension, colleges ensure that students are learning. The legislation barred the education secretary from issuing regulations to dictate accreditors’ standards on student learning outcomes. Inside HigherED September 23, 2008 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/09/23/accredit
New Questions on Women, Academe and Careers
In field after field, women either outperform or equal men — only to lag in key positions in academe (or in other careers that attract the highly educated). Identifying the causes for these gender gaps has become increasingly urgent as colleges find their enrollments increasingly female and some formerly male dominated fields struggle to attract enough talent. Inside HigherEd September 22, 2008 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/09/22/women
WHY GO TO COLLEGE
This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of their new higher
education resource Web site, www.college.gov. The Web site is designed to motivate students to want to attend college, acting as a resource for high school students by providing information about planning, preparing, and paying for college. The site provides interested students with first-person accounts of college students who have faced—and surmounted—great challenges to attend college.