A rhetorical analysis of the letter of application and the vita used in applying for a teaching job in language and literature is used to provide practical advice to applicants. Of the many components of a full rhetorical analysis, three receive special attention: the rhetorical situation, some characteristics of the audience, and several features…

The data show that the university curriculum responded to changes in financial conditions, and that departments of stronger research reputation were less responsive than departments of weaker reputation. (Author/IRT)

Describes a successful series of informal English Department seminars at Colorado State University on the teaching of composition. (DD)

Steps to make the teaching assistant system work better for all concerned. (AA)

Explores some aspects of a "literary education," and concludes that a literary education helps one to live alertly in a culture which is "idiotically" stratified. (JM)

This annotated bibliography of recent articles and books on academic rankings updates an article in the Spring 1986 "RQ." Items are listed by subject and ranking in general; individual guides; subject areas including accounting, advertising, biogeography, business, communications, data communications, economics, music, publishing,…

Discusses Judith Hackman's article (published in "Administrative Science Quarterly," in March 1985) theorizing about how colleges and universities allocate resources among units--an important issue in an ongoing era of budget cuts and resource reallocations. Affirms the importance of departmental centrality in resource allocation and…

Defends the data from the author's previously published study (v2 n1) against the criticisms offered by Renee T. Betz (this issue). Further defends the hybrid study of both literature and composition. (JAD)

Reviews the history of a college English department from the 1960s through the mid-1980s. (MM)

Defines the legitimacy of speech/language pathology and audiology as an academic field of study within a college of liberal arts and sciences. (PD)

Presents results of a national survey of the counseling and guidance staff (N=45) and its functions within state departments of education throughout the United States and four territories during the past decade. Results indicated economic changes and imply further diversification of services with fewer staff members. (BH)

Discusses ways the department chairperson can assist in the continued development of tenured faculty. (PD)

Reports on a 1983 study of the personal and professional characteristics of chief administrators of continuing education programs at Texas colleges and universities. Provides data on years in the position, prior position, professional goal, publications, type and status of position, areas of responsibility, tasks, and required personal activities.…

Reviews tasks and duties of department chairs, stressing the importance of establishing priorities and delegating appropriately. Includes an Appropriate Chair Role analysis for the Communication Department, George Mason University. (PD)