Is There a Writing Program in This College? Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Two-Year Schools Respond.

Raines, Helon Howell

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Publication Date: 1990

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Is There a Writing Program in This College? Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Two-Year Schools Respond.

Raines, Helon Howell

College Composition and Communication, v41 n2 p151-65 May 1990

Studies the availability of writing programs at 2-year colleges. Reports that virtually all of the 236 schools that replied to a survey offer composition and most offer such courses as basic and creative writing. States that fewer schools offer advanced or sophomore composition. Concludes that both class sizes and teaching loads exceed professional guidelines. (SG)

Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Size, College English, Creative Writing, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Nontraditional Students, Questionnaires, Teaching Load, Two Year Colleges, Writing Instruction

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