Relates the experiences and efforts of a two-year college faculty to promote the value of literary study. (HOD)

Reviews a study of community college English programs examining levels of faculty education, academic rank, teaching experience, scholarly activities, curricula, teaching practices in developmental and college-level writing courses, institutional environment, and classification data. Indicates that faculty spend most of their careers teaching…

The college English department is praised for its genuinely human concerns for student and faculty needs, participatory administration, and curriculum planning approaches. Contrasted variously with this model is the traditional, hierarchical department of English criticized for its unrelinquished emphasis on literature per se and a dearth of…

Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations and major curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). The…

Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues in volume 8 include the…