Describes how an English professor trained to become a technical writer for industry and the benefits of such training to all technical writing teachers. (AEA)

This journal, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English Conference on English Leadership, publishes articles on topics of interest to those in positions of leadership in departments (elementary, secondary, or college) where English is taught. Articles in Volume 21, Number 1, August 1998 are: "Problem-Based Leadership: A…

Address presented at the 1969 Seminar in Albuquerque, New Mexico of the Association of Departments of English (ADE), an affiliate of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA). (DS)

Paper read at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) - Philological Association of the Pacific Coast (PAPC) meeting at the University of California, Davis, November 28-29, 1969. (DS)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar, June 29-July 3, 1970, at San Fernando Valley State College, Los Angeles, California. (DS)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar, June 22-26, 1970 at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (DS)

Special Issue

Describes the course offerings of the English department at a university in Texas that reflect the multicultural heritage of the region. (AEA)

This survey of 106 two-year colleges in the Midwest indicates that 77 percent have assessment tests in writing and 72 percent in reading, and that English departments play a major role in communicating test results to students. (AEA)

Argues for a renewed integration of the humanities to ensure that the white-collar working class will be literate in the broadest sense of the word. (AEA)

Describes certain trends in the attitudes of the rhetoric and composition profession toward the teaching of writing as pure technique. Argues that these trends are much more deeply rooted in the changing economic structure of society and have much more serious implications than are presently realized. (RL)

A survey of the 928 1979-80 English doctorate recipients revealed that 62% had full-time teaching positions, although only 45% of males and 37% of females received full-time tenure track positions; 11% had part-time teaching appointments or postdoctoral fellowships; and 13% had alternative work. (AEA)

Maynard Mack, Emeritus Sterling Professor of English at Yale, discusses his pioneering work with the oral interpretation of literature in the graduate and undergraduate English classroom, making the point that such oral techniques need not be limited to the drama or speech departments. (Author/SJL)