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Schroeder, Patricia R. – ADE Bulletin, 1993
Recounts the process and narrates the steps taken by the English department at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania, in its major renovation of its outdated English curriculum. Describes the working conditions of the department and the newly devised curriculum. (HB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Instruction
Moffat, Wendy – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Describes the author's department goals with three main principles: to build departmental community, to harness rather than dissipate energy, and to address multiple audiences simultaneously. Discusses how she communicates to the college as a whole what the department does well and finds ways in which caring for the department's interests might…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Audience Awareness, Department Heads, English Departments
Knapp, James F. – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Honors Phil Smith for his outstanding contribution to the English profession. Notes that as chair of his department, Phil Smith understood the social complexity of the organization he administered, and his example is particularly instructive when it reveals the thoughtfulness with which he addressed the issue of work for all his colleagues. (SG)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, English Departments, Higher Education
Long, Carol S. – ADE Bulletin, 1994
Describes how the English department at Willamette University set out to revise the English curriculum as a participant in the MLA-FIPSE English Programs Curriculum Review Project. Shows how the faculty redesigned the curriculum, and shares three important ideas that might be useful to other departments undertaking similar changes. (HB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Instruction
Bialostosky, Don – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Considers how Phil Smith has given much thought in his own department, and in the national deliberations, to the staffing crisis in English departments, and he has done so with attention to the highest values and to the needs of all, from undergraduate students in the general education courses to part-timers to tenure-track and tenured faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Employment Practices, English Departments
Journet, Debra – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Tells what has happened the last two years at the University of Louisville's English department. Presents a brief explanation of why the University of Louisville's English department decided to redefine their mission--moving all professorial faculty into first-year composition. Offers some general comments about what the author has learned as a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, English Departments, Freshman Composition
Tackach, James – ADE Bulletin, 1994
Describes how the English department at Roger Williams University set out to revise and revive the English major under difficult circumstances during the 1988-89 school year. Shows how the faculty redesigned the curriculum, recruited new majors, and established support programs. (HB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Instruction
Loftis, John E. – ADE Bulletin, 1995
Describes how English department chairs might successfully order and structure their departments. Analyzes two central characteristics of English departments as political entities: purpose and values. Lists several observations about departmental organization. (HB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Democracy, Department Heads, English Curriculum
Mason, John B. – ADE Bulletin, 1994
Describes how the English department at Western Washington University set out to revise the English curriculum as a participant in the MLA-FIPSE English Programs Curriculum Review Project. Shows how the faculty redesigned the curriculum, and asks tough questions concerning the best way to undertake such changes. (HB)
Descriptors: College English, Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Departments
Schwartz, Helen J. – ADE Bulletin, 1987
Provides guidelines and practical advice for planning and running a computer lab for writing. (NKA)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, English Departments, English Instruction