These four issues of the English Leadership Quarterly represent the quarterly for 1991. Articles in number 1 deal with whole language and include: "CEL: Shorter and Better" (Myles D. Eley); "Toward a New Philosophy of Language Learning" (Kathleen Strickland); "Whole Language: Implications for Secondary Classrooms"…

The way job positions in English studies are conceptualized, advertised, applied for, and awarded is defined by the conventional contours of literary study. The precision with which the "Job Information List" breaks down literature positions by national and historical categories reflects the desire of a great many departments to hire and…

In forming a new curriculum for the English Department at Louisiana State University, the Literature Concentration Subcommittee faced a daunting array of competing demands. How can students gain a perspective on the terrain of literary studies, including canonical and non-canonical texts? How can they experience the rich diversity of the…

Planning of curriculum change should include planning to cope with let-down that threatens to undermine or routinize innovations. (JH)

Curriculum change is usually haphazard and externally motivated. (JH)

A coordinator responsible both to the college and the school system can insure a continuing and productive dialogue. (JH)

This paper discusses some of the problems posed by external testing, including the social and racial complexities and the serious intellectual issues raised by the nature of a "standardized" examination. It is argued that these and other problems are likely to intensify to an unprecedented degree during the next several years as a result of…

Questionnaires were sent to 244 English department chairmen in the public high schools of Michigan's six largest cities in this study, which (1) describes the content of the various book selection and book complaint policies used by the departments; (2) compares the effects these policies have on the inhibition or resolution of censorship; and (3)…

Discusses the roles of English department chairpersons, with special attention to current questions regarding the teaching of composition and literature. (GT)

Discusses procedures for choosing department chairpersons, essential characteristics for effective chairpersons of large departments, and the question of the rotating chairmanship. (GW)

Reviews five years' experience as an English department chairperson to show how a chairperson teeters between administration and faculty, constantly addressing questions of identity and allegiance. ( GW)

Lists alternative positions to be considered by English majors, sources of information about jobs, and tips for the job seeker. (AA)

Seeks a redefinition of departmental goals and criteria for promotion. (AA)

Deplores the fact that most departments of English, as departments of literature, relegate the teaching of writing to graduate assistants and suggests that departments of English should become departments of rhetorical studies, focusing on both reading and writing. (JM)