[CBW_Exec] CBW Misson Statement: Almost There!

[Susan Bernstein]

Shannon & colleagues,

A term used nationally is ACE: "Adult and Community Education." ACE programs
generally include the "nontraditional" students that Shannon describes
below.  "Nontraditional" is in quotes because some ACE programs serve
students the same age as "traditional" first-year college students who did
not finish high school or who (at least at CUNY and probably coming soon to
a state near you) need "immersion" basic skills courses or ESL before
qualifying for higher education according to "ability-to-benefit"
guidelines.

Best,

Susan

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Shannon Carter <
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:

> Great, Steve!
>
> I'm very happy with how it's taking shape! Thanks, Tom, for setting up the
> Google Doc, which I was surprised to find incredibly easy to use. Thanks, as
> well, for wording on transition from high school to college. That reminded
> me of something Peter has said about high populations of non-traditional
> students as well. I added a line about transitions from adult ed programs to
> college, though I'm not sure that captures it all as a great many of our
> non-traditional students won't have been involved with adult education, I
> think, and some may mateiculate from other types of programs as well
> (language proficiency institutes, for example, which may include many
> international students of non-traditional age).
>
> anyway, for what it's worth.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Shannon Carter
> Associate Professor of English
> Texas A&M-Commerce
> shannon_carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> http://www.shannoncarter.info
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Steven Joseph Lamos
> Sent: Tue 5/10/2011 10:46 AM
> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] CBW Misson Statement: Almost There!
>
> Hi all:
>
> Now that CCCCs is done, let's see if we can't get the CBW Mission Statement
> done as well.
>
> The current statement is, thanks to Tom, up at the following address:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UnoaQ_GGxJimI00hL_S762tXvExfNsJNCQP3_10lmi0/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKS2veYC
>
> I've made a couple of minor tweaks (e.g. "benefiting"; "basic writing"
> rather than BW).  I've also added a version of Tom's suggestion about K-12
> interface: it's highlighted so that people can see what they think.
>
> Can everyone take a last look at this, discuss this last addition, and / or
> make other last minor changes as they see fit to the Google Doc itself?
>
> Almost there,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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