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CCCC Position Statement on the Role of Reading in College Writing Classrooms. Position Statement
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National Council of Teachers of English, 2021
This position statement affirms the need to develop accessible and effective reading pedagogies in college writing classrooms so that students can engage more deeply in all of their courses and develop the reading abilities that will be essential to their success in college, in their careers, and for their participation in a democratic society.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, College Students
Perspectives: Prior Learning Assessment Challenges the Status Quo
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Boilard, Steve D. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
Offering some relief from a raft of reports about declining education attainment and increasing college costs, Anya Kamenetz celebrates Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) for boosting higher education productivity, access, and affordability ("Change," September/October 2011). According to Kamenetz, PLA is transforming higher education by leveraging…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prior Learning, Student Evaluation, College Students
Higher Education in Katrina's Wake
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Fields, Cheryl – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2005
Anyone who has ever complained that colleges and universities are highly bureaucratic entities, almost inherently incapable of moving quickly, should be gratified by what we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. With amazing swiftness, colleges and universities across the country--from large publics to small privates to community and…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Students, Crisis Management, College Admission
Letters for the Living: Teaching Writing in a Violent Age. Refiguring English Studies.
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Blitz, Michael; Hurlbert, C. Mark – 1998
This book takes up issues of violence in the lives of college students and looks for possibilities of teaching composition as an act of peace making. Through a variety of writings, the book illustrates students' experiences on the city streets of New York and in the small mining and steel towns of western Pennsylvania. One section of the book…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Context, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education
Resolving Allegations of Academic Dishonesty: Is There a Role for Students To Play?
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McCabe, Donald L.; Makowski, Andrew L. – About Campus, 2001
Discusses the importance of involving students in the design and enforcement of campuswide academic integrity policies, and in the education of other students about the importance of academic integrity. Argues that any approach to student discipline must involve a collaboration among faculty, administrative staff, and students. (GCP)
Descriptors: Cheating, College Environment, College Students, Educational Cooperation
Coordination of Roles of Academic Departments, Evaluation Units, and Institutional Planning Units in Evaluating Educational Program and Student Performance Outcomes.
Cantwell, Zita M. – 1978
Coordination of roles of academic departments, evaluation units, and institutional planning units is advocated as an effective approach to evaluating educational program and student performance outcomes. A model to effect this coordination is described in terms of purposes, characteristics, and structure. In the process model, four guideposts,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, College Planning, College Students