[CBW_Exec] CBW Misson Statement: Almost There!

[Susan Bernstein]

OK-- sorry to clog up your end-of-year overflowing email boxes, but I forgot
to add: "Perhaps we can replace "Adult Education" with Adult and Community
Education." Probably that point is obvious, but I wanted to add it in case
it isn't.  And happy to explain "ability-to-benefit" if anyone needs
details.

As ever,

Susan

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Susan Bernstein <susan.naomi at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>> Faculty Director, Writing Center
>>
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