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Weathering the Storm Independent Writing Programs in the Age of Fiscal Austerity / edited by Richard N. Matzen Jr. and Matthew Abraham.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Abraham, Matthew, 1972- editor.
Matzen, Richard N., Jr., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
Education, Higher.
Writing centers--Political aspects--United States.
Writing centers.
Writing centers--Economic aspects--United States.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Political aspects--United States.
English language.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Economic aspects--United States.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (187 pages)
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
Place of Publication:
Logan : Utah State University Press, [2019]
Summary:
"Assesses the socio-economic and political conditions that surrounded the rise of independent writing programs since the 2008 financial collapse. Looking at institutional conditions and challenges programs have faced in the last ten years as they struggled to stake their turf in a rapidly changing educational environment"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Documents of dissent / John J. Ruszkiewicz
Forging independence and innovation in the midst of financial austerity / Lois Agnew and Eileen Schell
Forces acting on a departmental (re-merger) / David Beard and Chongwon Park
Growing despite austerity / Mark Longaker, Davida Charney, Diane Davis, and Alice Batt
"And so two shall become one" / Traci A. Zimmerman
The Great Recession / Richard N. Matzen, Jr.
Drawing new lessons from old stories / Jamie White-Farnham
Surviving and thriving in the writing department at Loyola University Maryland / Cindy Moore and Peggy O'Neill
Thriving through disruption / Amy Clements, Drew M. Loewe, and Mary Rist
Context, strategy, identity / Linda Adler-Kassner and Madeleine Sorapure
The future of independent online writing programs / Heidi Harris and George H. Jensen
A complex ecology / Carl Whithaus and Chris Thaiss
Becoming a social fact / Valerie Ross, Patrick Wehner, and Rodger LeGrand
Making a place for writing studies in a crowded institutional landscape / Frank Gaughan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781607328957
160732895X
OCLC:
1114966148

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