Suggests how English departments and teachers can humanize the use of computer technology in the teaching of literacy. Asserts that computer support of English programs will only succeed with a humanistic vision of computer technology. (MM)

Argues that English departments are experiencing a crisis of identity that is economic, political, and psychological. (SRT)

Reviews various approaches and books on the subject of corporate management and assesses their usefulness to the English department. (SRT)

Describes one method of peer review used by a secondary school department head when asked to evaluate teachers in her department. Visits to individual classrooms included observation and notetaking, a narrative response to each teacher, and a final conference during which each teacher could respond to the narrative. ( NKA)

Describes a high school project to encourage creative writing across the curriculum by designating a "Publications Coordinator," whose job is to help fledgling writers by keeping track of opportunities available for publication and generally aiding young writers. (NKA)

Finds sharp and definable differences in faculty attitudes toward and beliefs about the teaching of composition.

Discusses the needs and problems of English departments identified by the MLA's l982 "Report of the Commission on the Future of the Profession." Discusses the "traditional" and "nontraditional" aspects of humanities education, disciplinary and general education, and the political, economic, and intellectual upheavals…

Various strategies are listed which an untenured English department faculty member must often employ in seeking a permanent place in his department. (Author/RM)

Power relations between professors and graduate students are fluid, in many ways under continuous negotiation. This is especially true in electronically mediated interchanges. Although a professor's power and authority far from disappear in a MOO (multi-user object-oriented domain) session, the power and influence of the students rise to challenge…

This lecture, by a professor of English and literature who is a recipient of the AAU (Association of Atlantic Universities) Instructional Leadership Award, states that the lecturer does not have a lot of faith in faculty development as a way of improving university teaching. The lecture also states that the professor is generally skeptical of…

Summarizes a survey of the bulletins about graduate programs in English at 20 universities in the Northeast, the Midwest and the South to determine whether they wanted promising Black students or were opening their doors to a few students of exceptional attainment. (Author/JM)

Discusses the current understandings of the term and position "professional," the intentions of the college English curriculum, and the career opportunities for the English major. (TO)

Discusses the current plight of four-year colleges, especially the English departments, as a result of the economic squeeze. (RB)

Examines the dilemma facing English departments that teach literature only and suggests an interdisciplinary approach as the solution. (RB)

The fault of ill-prepared English teachers is that of the university and college departments of English and Education who ignore their responsibility to plan and work together. This article proposes such a cooperative effort. (JA)