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Where Were We, Where Are We as Community College English Teachers?
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McPherson, Elisabeth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Discusses issues of concern to community college English teachers in the 1960s: institutional growth, professional recognition, work load, sexism in language, students' right to their own language, teacher training, racism and bias, back to basics movement, usage tests, and doublespeak. Presents excerpts from a speech made by the author in 1969…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, College English, Educational History, Educational Innovation