College Composition and Communication Sep 2013

Occupy Writing Studies: Rethinking College Composition for the Needs of the Teaching Majority

Holly Hassel ; Joanne Baird Giordano

Abstract

By challenging misconceptions about students and instructors at two-year campuses, this article critically examines practices of knowledge making in writing studies, arguing for the repositioning of writing instruction at two-year and open-admissions colleges from the margins to the center of the profession.

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College Composition and Communication
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2013-09-01
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10.58680/ccc201324226
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