The College Board - Memo to the Members
From Gaston Caperton, PRESIDENT
An update on activities of the National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges, January 2003.

North Carolina State University Communications Initiative
Chris Anson, Mike Carter (writing) and Deanna Daniels (speaking) have been building a campus wide initiative for 5 years. See their outcomes driven model based on local, department-level responsibility for defining necessary skills and assessing progress.

Writing Program Administrators Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition

Academic.writing, a site maintained at Colorado State U and including the WAC Clearinghouse

“Effective Composition Instruction: What Does the Research Show? A White Paper”
by Michael P. Carter, Carolyn R. Miller, and Ann M. Penrose, North Carolina State University, April 1998.

Position Statement on Communication across the Curriculum, National
Communication Association (1996)

National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing.
(Click "cccc statements" in the column on the left.)

Papp, J. (2002) "Opinion: Gleaning in Academe: Personal Decisions for Adjuncts and Graduate Students," College English, 64, 6, p. 696 (July).
Available: http://www.ncte.org/pdfs/subscribers-only/ce/0646-july02/CE0646Opinion.pdf

Professor of Desperation
Bad pay, zero job security, no benefits, endless commutes. Is this any way to treat PhDs responsible for teaching a generation of college students?
by Eric L. Wee, Washington Post, Sunday, July 21, 2002; Page W24