[CBW_Exec] CBW Mission Statement info

[Deborah Mutnick]

Hi Steve,

Thanks to you and the subcommittee for revising the mission statement. Overall, it looks great. I have one concrete suggestion and two questions. The suggestion is to add "class" to the list of forms of diversity so it would read: "...especially in terms of language, race, ethnicity, class, background, and ability."

The questions are 1) Although CBW has not been formally engaged in any K-12 (especially 6-12) dialogues, is it something that we want to promote? The current discussions about common core standards, etc., seem to offer an opportunity for us to engage more visibly and effectively with secondary school teachers.

2) In the last bullet point on influencing public policies, I wonder if we also want to say something about private foundations and corporate influence on education. Given the privatization of education, the intent to influence "public policies" almost, alas, seems too little, too late.

Thanks again for pushing us forward.

Deborah

Deborah Mutnick, Director of Writing
English Department
Long Island University
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
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From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] on behalf of Steven Joseph Lamos [Steve.Lamos at colorado.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:46 PM
To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board; padams2 at ccbcmd.edu
Subject: [CBW_Exec] CBW Mission Statement info

CBW Executive Board Members:

The informal EB subcommittee on a mission statement (made up of Susan Bernstein, Kathleen Baca, Marissa Klages, and Steve Lamos) has worked for the past couple of weeks to produce a mission statement that reflects our collective CBW work at CCCC.

Our final version of this statement—-the product of lots of subcommittee deliberation over the past couple of weeks—-is attached to this e-mail in .docx format.  (We’ve also run it by Liz and Hannah as well.)

At this point, we’re asking you all to take a careful look at this statement and offer any final suggestions (e.g., wording things, etc.) that you may have.  Once we can all agree on a final version of this statement, it’ll go up on the CBW website ASAP.


Many thanks,

Steve Lamos and the subcommittee
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Steve Lamos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Program for Writing and Rhetoric / English Department
Faculty Director, Writing Center

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