College English, Vol. 63, No. 3, January 2001

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• Opinion: Abandoning the Ruins

  Daniel Green

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  Abstract: Considers the inclusion of literature in a college curriculum. Presents the author's opinion of the university's approach to literature and its incorporation into the English program. Considers several other opinions on the issues of literature in college English education.

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• Engaging Intellectual Work: The Faculty's Role in Assessment

  James F. Slevin

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  Abstract: Explores the place of faculty and faculty values in the process of assessing the work of higher education. Searches to find better ways to put the intellectual work of faculty and students at the center of the educational concerns and at the center of assessment models. Suggests that faculty should devote themselves to teaching the first-year course.

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• The Opening of the Modern Era of Writing Assessment: A Narrative

  Edward M. White

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  Abstract: Notes that writing assessment has become an important specialty within composition studies with links to such "suspicious partners" as educational research, statistics, and politics and with profound effects on public policy and educational funding. Discusses the modern era of writing assessment beginning during the fall of 1971 an its implications. Considers assessment as a site of conflict.

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• WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition

  WPA Outcomes Committee

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  Abstract: Considers the wide variation of first-year composition programs and if they do indeed vary so widely. Considers what the programs have in common. Asks if it would be possible to articulate a general curricular framework for first-year composition, regardless of institutional home, student demographics, and instructor characteristics. Presents a list of outcomes approved by the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

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• Liberating American Ebonics from Euro-English

  Arthur L. Palacas

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  Abstract: Considers if American Ebonics is a different language from English or if it is a dialect of English. Discusses how American Ebonics relates to the larger Ebonics picture Focuses on the grammatical patterns of Ebonics that diverge the most from standard English. Addresses pedagogical implications.

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• REVIEW: Are We Good Enough? Critical Literacy and the Working Class

  Howard Tinberg

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• REVIEW: More Than the Toys

  Barry M. Maid

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• COMMENT & RESPONSE: A COMMENT ON “PROPERTY RIGHTS: EXCLUSION AS MORAL ACTION IN 'THE BATTLE OF TEXAS'"

  Bleich / Anderson / Heilker / Whitaker / Howard

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