Describes valuable aspects for the author of a career management workshop which emphasized a broad career horizon that included nonacademic career opportunities. Discusses her own and other people's pursuit of work and career to emphasize that it is both possible and urgent for people in English departments to change how they think about future…

Presents reasons for interested undergraduates to major in English and points out useful skills developed by English majors. Emphasizes the importance of English department involvement in the career planning of its students, and details the steps undertaken by the University of Massachusetts English department to help its students. (JM)

The emergence of undergraduate majors in America is reviewed, and a survey of administrative attitudes on undergraduate majors is discussed. Today's academic departments control majors entirely by determining how many courses will constitute their major, what these courses will be, and in what order they will be taken. (MLW)

Career counseling programs by members of college geography departments should stress the need for students to plan their futures. Career planning is a more sensible approach to employment than drastically altering current teaching programs to include the latest technical skills. California State University at Northridge is used as a case study.…

This paper provides some ideas for those searching for positions in the academic field of English (with emphasis on rhetoric/composition) at small, state-supported liberal arts colleges. It presents information about how searches are initiated and conducted and how candidates might best present themselves while engaged in a job search. Included in…