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Direct linkLoughman, Kyle Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Currently, two-year colleges are teaching the lion's share of college composition classes, mainly consisting of developmental writing and first-year composition courses; however, those same two-year colleges have been slow in embracing the composition theory and practices that are studied and implemented at four-year colleges. One way to…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Administrators
Bennett, Jo; Jaradat, Maram – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2011
In this case study, you are the associate superintendent and chief academic officer (CAO) of a large school district in the southwest. The case involves the complex issue of how to serve the burgeoning adolescent immigrant population in your school district. The study considers how a school that is situated in the heart of a Hispanic/Latino…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adolescents, Data, Decision Making
Booth, Wayne C. – ADE Bulletin, 1994
Describes the problems inherent in finding competent leadership for today's college English departments. Outlines the basic kinds of traits and characteristics that would mark both ideal leaders and followers in the academy. Discusses the different kinds of leaders. (HB)
Descriptors: Department Heads, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Instruction
Morris, Adalaide – ADE Bulletin, 1994
Discusses the role of the English department head in a time of educational crisis. Examines the possibility that graduate study in English is losing its moral base. Considers the role of leadership and oppositional politics in the context of the crisis in graduate study. (HB)
Descriptors: College English, Curriculum Development, Department Heads, English Curriculum
Spacks, Patricia Meyer – ADE Bulletin, 1994
Describes how the task of leading an English department has changed over the past 25 years. Considers the delicate yet essential task of the department head to provide leadership and vision for an entire department. Relates the general problems of English departments and specific problems in graduate education with diversity and difference gone…
Descriptors: College English, Curriculum Development, Department Heads, English Curriculum
Peer reviewedCulp, Mary B.; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Discusses the process of writing as a way of learning and "Writing across the Curriculum Programs." Outlines the program developed at Williamson High School in Alabama that successfully trained the English department to serve as consultants to the school in developing such a program. Includes two figures and references. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, English Departments, Leadership
Peer reviewedMcLeod, Susan H. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1997
Discusses two danger signs for writing across the curriculum (WAC) program survival, dealing with their cross-curricular structure, and their heavy dependence on just one person for their health and continuation. Outlines two cases from the history of writing instruction at the University of Michigan providing a precautionary tale for both kinds…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, English Departments, Financial Support, Higher Education
