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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Two thoughts to add (and I'm already committed to a panel too, though I encourage one):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Let's be careful of what we write which ends up in a final print form (e- or otherwise). In 2025, some grad student may write her dissertation on the genesis and history of this document... Not to discourage writing, just to encourage taking the long view.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. It occurs to me that what I teach my students applies here. The macro--in all its complexity--must be considered, and change CAN occur at that level. But a lot of change happens at the micro level along the way, and to me, that first means what I do in my classroom. My real, everyday classroom practices. Finding practices which provide students with the access THEY need along with venues for the critique that WE need.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Hannah Ashley, Ph. D.</FONT></SPAN> <BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric Program, Department of English<BR></FONT></SPAN>Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (<A href="http://www.wcupa.edu/writingzones">www.wcupa.edu/writingzones</A>)</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua">551 Main Hall, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua">West Chester University</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua">610-738-0499, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><A href="mailto:hashley@wcupa.edu" target=_blank>hashley@wcupa.edu</A></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=1><SPAN lang=en-us>"If you're not terrified when you are writing, you're writing about the wrong things." --Dorothy Alison--</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Susan Bernstein<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 5/1/2008 10:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Shannon Carter; cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR><B>Cc:</B> sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CBW_Exec] Fwd: draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dear Colleagues,<BR><BR>With Shannon, I'm in OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!! mode. Thanks to ALL OF YOU<BR>for your insights, comments, questions and concerns.<BR><BR>I am already committed to a CCCC panel for 2009, as I suspect many of<BR>us are-- so here's what I'd like to suggest instead: What about an<BR>article for BWe?<BR><BR>This is the structure I have in mind:<BR><BR>--A brief introduction to the policy-- why the Board decided to draft<BR>a policy, etc.<BR>--The draft of the policy itself.<BR>--Concerns raised by Exec Board members.<BR>--A commentary feature (like the Chronicle of Higher Ed has) that<BR>would give the BWe/CBW community a chance to comment and respond.<BR><BR>This would address what Alan suggested, about making the policy and<BR>this discussion accessible to the CBW community beyond the Executive<BR>Board. It would also create an interactive feature for BWe-- taking<BR>advantage of web features not available with print text.<BR><BR>And having proposed this-- I am happy to take on the responsibility of<BR>composing a draft of this article-- and of course submitting the draft<BR>to the list so that all of us have input as to its contents.<BR><BR>As always, looking forward to hearing your thoughts!<BR><BR>Warm regards,<BR><BR>Susan<BR><BR>On 4/30/08, Shannon Carter <Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:<BR>> This email sat unsent since Sugie sent hers and now that Deborah has added<BR>> her always insightful reading to the mix, I think I'll go ahead and press<BR>> send --if only to echo Deborah's suggestion that a CCCC panel might be<BR>> important here.<BR>><BR>> Thanks!<BR>> ---<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Oh, wow. The more I read about this, the more I think I'd love to see a<BR>> panel on it. Negotiating this social justice policy is a very complex issue,<BR>> and asking ourselves these very questions (like the ones Peter, Marcia, and<BR>> Sugie articulate) within the context of the good will and social justice<BR>> mission we want to be a part of our public face (as, I think, Bill's words<BR>> remind me) . . . well, it's bloody hard and, as so many folks have pointed<BR>> out, crucial.<BR>><BR>> CCCC panel, anyone? I'm sure most folks are already committed, but I thought<BR>> I'd through it out there. We are working through our panel ideas around the<BR>> concept "difficult dialogues," so it was just on my mind. This is one of the<BR>> most difficult dialogues with which I have been involved (and that's saying<BR>> something, because I'm actually writing about difficult dialogues<BR>> experienced in a recent graduate class in response to Crowley's project on<BR>> faith-based rhetoric and the left-right divide . . . the discussion was<BR>> heated, to say the very least).<BR>><BR>> :)<BR>> Shannon<BR>><BR>> Shannon Carter<BR>> Associate Professor of English<BR>> Texas A&M-Commerce<BR>> shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> <A href="http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/">http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/</A><BR>> 903-886-5492<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Sugie Goen-Salter [<A href="mailto:sgoen@sfsu.edu">mailto:sgoen@sfsu.edu</A>]<BR>> Sent: Wed 4/30/2008 3:58 PM<BR>> To: Ribble, Marcia (ribbleml)<BR>> Cc: Ashley, Hannah; Shannon Carter; Susan Bernstein;<BR>> cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu; sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] Fwd: draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>><BR>> Hi everyone,<BR>> I've been reading this exchange with great interest and, as many<BR>> others have already said, I think it's such an important discussion<BR>> and one I'm glad we are having.<BR>><BR>> I have been chewing on something that I want to toss out, albeit<BR>> reluctantly, a tension I struggle with in my professional life and<BR>> that this discussion has brought back to mind. I'm thinking here of<BR>> Sharon Crowley's work and the work of others who have called for the<BR>> abolition of the introductory writing requirement, and by extension,<BR>> the BW course. (I would also include Bartholomae's "Tidy House" here<BR>> and more recently Soliday's work). In my reading of it, the critique<BR>> hinges on BW's role in normalizing student writing, in bringing it<BR>> into conformity with some abstract notion of "the standard" by<BR>> eradicating what is non-standard, non-conventional or non-native<BR>> thereby maintaining a system of educational inequality. According to<BR>> this critique, BW is simply too tied up with the maintenance of<BR>> educational, cultural and linguistic inequality for us to claim its<BR>> innocence.<BR>><BR>> I know, I know.....I too am still committed to that story we love to<BR>> tell (as Bartholomae puts it) about BW's role in securing equal<BR>> educational opportunity and access, but on my campus at least, I<BR>> can't ignore how BW serves an institutional function tied to other<BR>> institutional functions, such as standardized placement testing,<BR>> graduation assessments of written English proficiency, uniform<BR>> standards of achievement, in short, BW's role in re-producing the<BR>> status quo.<BR>><BR>> Just thought I'd brighten your day with the cheery thoughts going<BR>> through my head.<BR>> Sugie<BR>><BR>> On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Ribble, Marcia (ribbleml) wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Hi All,<BR>> ><BR>> > To complicate things a bit, I'd like to suggest that we're not<BR>> > fully understanding the<BR>> > causal chains leading to students who are underprepared for college<BR>> > writing if we<BR>> > equate being in basic writing with being in a state of deprivation<BR>> > or injustice. Not<BR>> > all BW students are in poverty. Some are quite privileged and some<BR>> > wealthy.<BR>> > Just like not all BW students have disabilities, even though some do.<BR>> ><BR>> > True enough, at some institutions, the majority of BW students are<BR>> > lower classed,<BR>> > people of color, but that's just not the case in other places. The<BR>> > first students who<BR>> > benefitted from writing classes were at Harvard, and many of our<BR>> > premier institutions<BR>> > have students who need BW support. I taught BW students at<BR>> > Michigan State and<BR>> > half of them were inner city kids from Detroit, while the other<BR>> > half were international<BR>> > students from all over the world and had lots of money and spoke<BR>> > multiple languages.<BR>> > But even the Detroit kids were split into the haves and have nots<BR>> > with some of them<BR>> > driving Bentleys around campus.<BR>> ><BR>> > Could we make a statement that could be more inclusive of all the<BR>> > kinds of mechanisms<BR>> > that eventually mean students show up in our classes whether they<BR>> > are part of patterns of<BR>> > social injustice or not? Look at Bush who was privileged to the<BR>> > nth degree but had<BR>> > problems with reading and writing...Doesn't it say something<BR>> > important to understand<BR>> > that his family's wealth couldn't buy him an education that would<BR>> > allow him to be smart<BR>> > enough to stand up to people like Cheney, Rove, and Rumsfeld?<BR>> > Doesn't an inadequate<BR>> > education harm even the wealthiest students, put them into a<BR>> > position to be codgeled into<BR>> > stupid decision making?<BR>> ><BR>> > And if that's not enough, look at Paris Hilton. BW isn't just<BR>> > about injustice, it's also about an<BR>> > educational system that from K-16+ doesn't get it in ways that help<BR>> > all learners to learn. There<BR>> > are probably hundreds of different paths that take students from<BR>> > kindergarten to the college<BR>> > BW classroom. I'm out of steam...and starting to ramble....I know<BR>> > what I learned in kindergarten.<BR>> > It's time for a snack and a nap.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Marcia Ribble, Ph.D.<BR>> > Assistant Professor of English<BR>> > Humanities, Media and Cultural Studies<BR>> > College of Applied Science<BR>> > University of Cincinnati<BR>> > PO Box 210205<BR>> > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0205<BR>> > Tel: (513) 556-5360<BR>> > Fax: (513) 556-3007<BR>> > marcia.ribble@uc.edu<BR>> > www.uc.edu<BR>> ><BR>> > Campus location: 4412 French Hall West<BR>> ><BR>> > From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Ashley, Hannah<BR>> > Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 2:22 PM<BR>> > To: Shannon Carter; Susan Bernstein; cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > Cc: sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com<BR>> > Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] Fwd: draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> ><BR>> > Hurray for this conversation! I suggest that we continue it<BR>> > online, and also use all of these thoughts to continue this<BR>> > conversation all the way at next year's CBW workshop (assuming it<BR>> > is accepted)--we have a nice program leading us around these ideas,<BR>> > with the idea of basic writers' multiple literacies starting us<BR>> > off, and ending with a look at the National Database and what it<BR>> > might tell us about what we assume about basic writers.<BR>> ><BR>> > Hannah<BR>> ><BR>> > Hannah Ashley, Ph. D.<BR>> > Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric Program, Department<BR>> > of English<BR>> > Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (www.wcupa.edu/writingzones)<BR>> > 551 Main Hall, West Chester University<BR>> > 610-738-0499, hashley@wcupa.edu<BR>> > "If you're not terrified when you are writing, you're writing about<BR>> > the wrong things." --Dorothy Alison--<BR>> ><BR>> > From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Shannon Carter<BR>> > Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 2:20 PM<BR>> > To: Susan Bernstein; cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > Cc: sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com<BR>> > Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] Fwd: draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> ><BR>> > Thank you so much for these words, Peter. Very, very good points<BR>> > (and poignantly articulated). As Soliday's work has shown (I'm<BR>> > convinced), the very existence of basic writing programs serves the<BR>> > institutional need to stratify more than it does the student's<BR>> > individual needs as writers (see _The Politics of Remediation_).<BR>> > She isn't suggesting that we rid our universities of basic writing<BR>> > programs because that'd only block student access in more<BR>> > significant ways. But it is important that we remember how very<BR>> > complex and socially embedded issues of social justice always are.<BR>> > There's no free zone, and good will and hard work isn't going to be<BR>> > enough to right the wrongs of society.<BR>> ><BR>> > It is also important, however (as Bill points out), to find ways to<BR>> > articulate that kinda thing that aren't off-putting to readers who<BR>> > might otherwise embrace a social justice policy like this. We don't<BR>> > want to alienate. We want to invite real and important discussion<BR>> > and commitment to this very complex topic. I like very much the way<BR>> > Peter has articulated this complexity below (inviting and<BR>> > diplomatic and smart and real). Perhaps we can make use of some of<BR>> > this language, or a version of it, in the revision?<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Shannon Carter<BR>> > Associate Professor of English<BR>> > Texas A&M-Commerce<BR>> > shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > <A href="http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/">http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/</A><BR>> > 903-886-5492<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Susan Bernstein<BR>> > Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 12:59 PM<BR>> > To: cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > Cc: sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com<BR>> > Subject: [CBW_Exec] Fwd: draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> ><BR>> > >From Peter Adams:<BR>> ><BR>> > The issue Bill and Shannon are wrestling with is complex and<BR>> > important. Many of us have worked for years in basic writing<BR>> > programs that we believe are part of the solution to social<BR>> > injustice. However, I think, painful as it may be, that we must be<BR>> > willing to consider the possibility that the programs we have<BR>> > developed and labored in for years may, in fact, not be reducing<BR>> > social injustice. I raise this possibility because of the very low<BR>> > retention rates and success rates in many developmental writing<BR>> > programs, including my own.<BR>> ><BR>> > It is certainly a good thing for us to raise issues about social<BR>> > injustice in the wider world and in higher education in general,<BR>> > but I think we have an important obligation to examine our own<BR>> > (tidy) house, to see if we are part of the problem. Perhaps we are<BR>> > not. Perhaps my concern is misplaced. But I do think we have an<BR>> > obligation to examine seriously the extent to which basic writing<BR>> > programs may contribute to the failure of higher education to<BR>> > provide a pathway to success for disadvantaged students. We have<BR>> > an obligation to see whether we can revise our programs so that<BR>> > they truly provide a pathway to success rather than an gate that<BR>> > keeps large percentages of our students from achieving that success.<BR>> ><BR>> > Peter Adams<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Susan Bernstein<BR>> > Sent: Tue 4/29/2008 10:22 AM<BR>> > To: Shannon Carter<BR>> > Cc: sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com; cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu;<BR>> > Ashley,Hannah<BR>> > Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> ><BR>> > Thanks, everyone! In regard to Hannah's comments, I'll take another<BR>> > look at Valerie F. Kinloch's 2005 article "Revisiting the promise of<BR>> > Students' Right to Their Own Language: Pedagogical strategies" in<BR>> > College Composition and Communication 57.1: 83-113. "Students' Right"<BR>> > is also from 1974 and evolves from many similar concerns of that era.<BR>> > Kinloch makes the very persuasive case that those concerns remain<BR>> > relevant for the 21st century.<BR>> ><BR>> > I've also copied Bill's comments below. I need to add that I disagree<BR>> > with Bill on this point, based on my current research and more than 20<BR>> > years in the field-- especially the last five years working with<BR>> > inner-city youth in open-access BW college programs.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > BILL'S COMMENTS:<BR>> > Susan, I like it. I would however change a line that says "Basic<BR>> > Writing<BR>> > > courses serve as a mirror to reflect injustice [etc.]"--could be<BR>> > construed<BR>> > > to suggest that Basic Writing helps to further that<BR>> > injustice...or that BW<BR>> > > by its existence is part of the injustice, and although it's<BR>> > true that if<BR>> > > all students were provided equitable and strong prep, sufficient<BR>> > economic<BR>> > > support at the pre-college level, and a social context conducive<BR>> > to the best<BR>> > > education possible, prior to college, BW arguably wouldn't<BR>> > exist, I think we<BR>> > > want to make sure we focus on BW as a positive force and not as<BR>> > a barometer<BR>> > > of injustice... Therefore, maybe a change of wording would be<BR>> > good. How<BR>> > > about something like "Basic Writing courses often serve a<BR>> > community of<BR>> > > students who have been previously subjected to social and<BR>> > educational<BR>> > > injustice..."? Just a thought... Bill<BR>> ><BR>> > On 4/28/08, Shannon Carter <Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:<BR>> > > Ah, great point. What can we make of/do with that 34 year gap<BR>> > between the<BR>> > > original statement and today's call? Rhetorically? Politically?<BR>> > Practically?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Shannon Carter<BR>> > > Associate Professor of English<BR>> > > Texas A&M-Commerce<BR>> > > shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > > <A href="http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/">http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/</A><BR>> > > 903-886-5492<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > > From: Ashley, Hannah [<A href="mailto:HAshley@wcupa.edu">mailto:HAshley@wcupa.edu</A>]<BR>> > > Sent: Mon 4/28/2008 7:20 AM<BR>> > > To: Shannon Carter; Susan Bernstein<BR>> > > Cc: sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com; cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > > Subject: RE: [CBW_Exec] draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> > ><BR>> > > I too approve of the spirit and the general rhetorical drift of this<BR>> > > resolution. Nice work! I would want to "do" something with the<BR>> > fact that<BR>> > > what we are doing is calling on a 1974 resolution. That is, what<BR>> > does it<BR>> > > mean in 2008 to be reaffirming that statement?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Hannah<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Hannah Ashley, Ph. D.<BR>> > > Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric Program, Department<BR>> > of English<BR>> > > Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (www.wcupa.edu/writingzones)<BR>> > > 551 Main Hall, West Chester University<BR>> > > 610-738-0499, hashley@wcupa.edu<BR>> > > "If you're not terrified when you are writing, you're writing<BR>> > about the<BR>> > > wrong things." --Dorothy Alison--<BR>> > ><BR>> > > __<BR>> ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > > From: Susan Bernstein [<A href="mailto:susan.naomi@gmail.com">mailto:susan.naomi@gmail.com</A>]<BR>> > > Sent: Fri 4/25/2008 12:55 PM<BR>> > > To: Shannon Carter<BR>> > > Cc: cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu; sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com<BR>> > > Subject: draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Greetings eveyone,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Attached and below please find a very *rough* draft of a CBW Social<BR>> > > Justice Policy. As you'll see, NCTE presented a 1974 Position<BR>> > > Statement that dovetails with much of what we discussed at our<BR>> > > Executive Board meeting at CCCC. By coincidence, the NCTE Statement<BR>> > > was presented in New Orleans. Many thanks to my U of Cincinnati<BR>> > > graduate student Deborah Sanchez for directing me to this statement.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Since this draft is rough and percolating at once, I look forward to<BR>> > > our discussion about it on the list. Please contribute any and all<BR>> > > revisions, questions, comments, concerns. Given current material<BR>> > > conditions for students enrolled in Basic Writing courses, I<BR>> > advocate<BR>> > > for the urgency of our work-- and the open discussion that will lead<BR>> > > to addressing the widest audience possible for our concerns.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Warm regards and good wishes for the weekend,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Susan<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Susan Naomi Bernstein<BR>> > > LaGuardia Community College<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Toward Social Justice for Students Enrolled in Basic Writing<BR>> > Courses:<BR>> > > A Conference on Basic Writing Policy Statement<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > We of the Executive Board of the Conference on Basic Writing have<BR>> > > duly noted the disparities in educational conditions for our<BR>> > students<BR>> > > enrolled in our Basic Writing courses across the United States.<BR>> > These<BR>> > > conditions point to lack of adequate and sufficient access to<BR>> > > resources that would aid full matriculation to college, including<BR>> > but<BR>> > > not limited to:<BR>> > > ? Insufficient access to preparation for college-level courses based<BR>> > > on systemic educational inequities in public schools<BR>> > > ? Insufficient access to financial aid counseling<BR>> > > ? Insufficient access to academic advising and personal counseling<BR>> > > Insufficient access to disability services<BR>> > > ? Insufficient access to academic and fine arts courses that foster<BR>> > > and sustain students? growth in areas related to progress in basic<BR>> > > writing and<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Further, we would suggest that students enrolled in honors programs<BR>> > > and other more privileged educational venues enjoy routine access to<BR>> > > such resources. Equally important we must point out that those<BR>> > > students enrolled in Basic Writing courses often come from<BR>> > > underrepresented and underserved groups in higher education and<BR>> > > include African American, Latino, poor, working class, documented<BR>> > and<BR>> > > undocumented immigrants, and students with disabilities.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Basic Writing courses serve as a mirror to reflect systemic<BR>> > injustice<BR>> > > throughout US society. Indeed, the increased reliance on<BR>> > standardized<BR>> > > tests to track, measure, and reward ?academic progress? negatively<BR>> > > impacts students enrolled in Basic Writing courses. Such tests<BR>> > create<BR>> > > rigid categories of achievement that impede students? educational<BR>> > > progress.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > As longitudinal research has demonstrated, higher education provides<BR>> > > sustainable long-term benefits for achieving individual economic and<BR>> > > intellectual goals, which positively impacts US society as a whole<BR>> > > (Attewill and Lavin; Sternglass). With these issues in mind, we<BR>> > > advocate that educators for Basic Writing and administrators<BR>> > involved<BR>> > > with student success initiatives actively support and implement the<BR>> > > NCTE Position Statement ?On Support for Motivated but Inadequately<BR>> > > Prepared College Students? as suggested below.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > On Support for Motivated but Inadequately Prepared College Students<BR>> > > 1974<BR>> > > NCTE Annual Business Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana<BR>> > > Background<BR>> > ><BR>> > > We believe that all colleges and universities, by the act of<BR>> > admitting<BR>> > > students, become responsible for creating conditions that will<BR>> > permit<BR>> > > those students to exercise their own right to learn.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Clearly, some students who are admitted and who desire to learn lack<BR>> > > adequate educational backgrounds to progress satisfactorily in<BR>> > > traditional learning situations, and many institutions of higher<BR>> > > learning are making little or no effort to help them. Be it<BR>> > therefore<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Resolution<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Resolved, that the National Council of Teachers of English encourage<BR>> > > college and university administrations, and legislative bodies, to<BR>> > > allocate sufficient funds to provide individualized and supportive<BR>> > > programs for students who are motivated but inadequately prepared<BR>> > for<BR>> > > success in colleges and universities to which they are being<BR>> > admitted.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > <A href="http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/curr/107455.htm">http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/curr/107455.htm</A><BR>> ><BR>> > ______________________________<BR>> > ><BR>> > > From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Shannon Carter<BR>> > > Sent: Sun 4/27/2008 2:46 AM<BR>> > > To: Susan Bernstein<BR>> > > Cc: sanchezdeborah@yahoo.com; cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > > Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] draft of CBW Social Justice Policy<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > Wow! I can't think of anything to add and I agree: this work is<BR>> > indeed<BR>> > > crucial. The revision Sonya has created of the CCCC/CBW<BR>> > Fellowship call for<BR>> > > apps really foregrounds advocacy in ways this policy articulates.<BR>> > At least I<BR>> > > think it does.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > And I look forward to our discussion and, eventually (perhaps<BR>> > following<BR>> > > revision suggestions), approval of this important policy<BR>> > statement. I also<BR>> > > look forward to including such statements on our website.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > What do you guys think? How do we feel about the wording, the<BR>> > spirit, and<BR>> > > the goals of this draft and project?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Thanks,<BR>> > > Shannon<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Shannon Carter<BR>> > > Associate Professor of English<BR>> > > Texas A&M-Commerce<BR>> > > shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > > <A href="http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/">http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/</A><BR>> > > 903-886-5492<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > CBW_Exec mailing list<BR>> > CBW_Exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > <A href="http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec">http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec</A><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > --<BR>> > BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS<BR>> > ------------------------------------------------------<BR>> ><BR>> > Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 36834408) is spam:<BR>> > Spam: <A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php</A>?<BR>> > i=36834408&m=d7475a6360a9&c=s<BR>> > Not spam: <A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php</A>?<BR>> > i=36834408&m=d7475a6360a9&c=n<BR>> > Forget vote: <A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php</A>?<BR>> > i=36834408&m=d7475a6360a9&c=f<BR>> > ------------------------------------------------------<BR>> > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > CBW_Exec mailing list<BR>> > CBW_Exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> > <A href="http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec">http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec</A><BR>><BR>> Sugie Goen-Salter<BR>> Associate Professor<BR>> English Department<BR>> San Francisco State University<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>CBW_Exec mailing list<BR>CBW_Exec@tamu-commerce.edu<BR><A href="http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec">http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>