The Fall 1973 Survey of the Composition Requirement: A Summary of Results

Ron Smith

doi:10.2307/374825

College English Jan 1975

The Fall 1973 Survey of the Composition Requirement: A Summary of Results

Ron Smith

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IN THE FALL OF 1973 I took a nationwide survey of four-year colleges and universities to uncover (1) what, if anything, had happened to the composition requirement and Freshman English during the last several years, (2) some facts about the extent and nature of the spread of exemptions from the requirement, and (3) related information about teaching staffs and loads in composition programs. The survey questionnaire, a 36-item instrument designed to yield data from item responses as well as information through cross-analysis of those responses, was sent to a random sample of 700 schools in all states and the District of Columbia. 491 completed questionnaires, 288 of them from private and 203 from state schools, were used in arriving at the final results. The results of most importance, at least to those in the profession who teach composition, can be generalized as follows: compared with 1967, fewer schools

Journal: College English
Published: 1975-01-01
DOI: 10.2307/374825
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Topics: first-year composition writing pedagogy teacher development
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