College English May 2000

Writing beyond the Curriculum: Fostering New Collaborations in Literacy

Steve Parks ; Eli Goldblatt

Abstract

Urges compositionists to reframe Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) to reach beyond university boundaries. Reviews calls for an expanded conception of WAC, describes a program that carries writing instruction and literacy research beyond university boundaries, and suggests problems and benefits that may accompany this change of orientation for writing programs.

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College English
Published
2000-05-01
DOI
10.58680/ce20001183
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