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<div>Deborah Mutnick might be interested. Shall we ask her?</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Sugie,<br>
<br>
Thanks so much for such a reasonable compromise. I would be happy to
be part of such a panel. Any other takers?<br>
<br>
Peter<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu
[mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of Sugie
Goen-Salter<br>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:46 PM<br>
To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board<br>
Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning<br>
<br>
Hello everybody,<br>
Thanks Shannon for getting the CFP out to all of us for review.
And <br>
thanks to Peter and Susan for voicing these really important
concerns. <br>
I wonder if we can't "have it both ways" as it were for the
2011 <br>
conference. We can keep the plans for the CBW meeting as we
decided <br>
them in Louisville and as Shannon clearly articulates them in
her <br>
email. But perhaps we could also bring some of the issues that
Peter <br>
and Susan bring up to CCCCs as a whole by submitting a panel
proposal <br>
to the main conference organized as Peter suggests around the
last <br>
chapter in Rebecca's book. Issues this panel might address
could <br>
include: the Past and Future of BW at CCCC's (how has BW's presence
at <br>
C's changed over time: what is the current relationship of BW
to <br>
C's); the Future of BW scholarship (who's doing it now where is
it <br>
being done, how is it being supported, what are its central
concerns); <br>
The Future of BW programs: what are the costs and benefits
of <br>
supporting BW on 2 and 4 year college campuses? Where are BW
programs <br>
(we assume they've largely disappeared from 4 year campuses and
are <br>
now mostly on 2 yr, but as Susan points out, they aren't safe at 2
yr <br>
campuses either. And some elite universities still have BW
programs <br>
e.g. Michigan,); The Future of BW students (who are BW students
today? <br>
How are they served by BW programs?)<br>
<br>
These are just some ideas. My point is mainly that I think
it's <br>
possible for us to have these important conversations both at the
CBW <br>
workshop, but also in the main body of Cs. And, we can follow up,
as <br>
appropriate in 2012.<br>
Any thoughts?<br>
Sugie<br>
<br>
<br>
On Apr 9, 2010, at 4:34 AM, J. Elizabeth Clark wrote:<br>
<br>
> Good morning colleagues!<br>
><br>
> I share Susan & Peter's concerns, almost to the letter.
I would like<br>
> to see us do a variety of things in response to this:<br>
><br>
> 1. Move ahead with resolution (s) to CCCC<br>
> 2. Plan, perhaps, a stand alone CBW conference for 2012 or
2013 and<br>
> find a way to make it geographically interesting (Like, what if
we <br>
> had 5<br>
> or 6 regional conferences but were able to teleconference during
the<br>
> day?)<br>
><br>
> But, I agree that we should move ahead with calls for panels
&<br>
> presentations at our CBW meeting in 2011. I think there's
real <br>
> interest<br>
> & it might get more folks interested in coming, connecting,
etc.<br>
><br>
> Liz<br>
><br>
><br>
> J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<br>
> Professor of English<br>
> LaGuardia Community College--CUNY<br>
> e-mail: lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu<br>
> Phone: 718.482.5665
http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eclark<br>
><br>
><br>
>>>> "Shannon Carter"
<Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu> 4/8/2010 10:03<br>
> PM >>><br>
> Great ideas, Susan and Peter.<br>
><br>
> Just to clarify where we are with current proposal:<br>
><br>
> 1. The materials we created and are asking for feedback on<br>
> (representing many, many hours of work, of course) are in
response to<br>
><br>
> the conference theme the EB discussed and approved during EB
meeting<br>
> at CCCC last month and then announced at CBW SIG.<br>
><br>
> 2. At that time, EB also discussed and approved plans to open up
CBW<br>
> to proposals.<br>
><br>
> To my mind, the wonderful points Peter raises and Susan extends
are<br>
> *exactly* what we were responding to when we created the CFP for
CBW<br>
> 2011 and set a draft for workshop activities. If you disagree,
which<br>
> it seems you might, can you suggest prose that might build on
or<br>
> extend the current draft to this end?<br>
><br>
> If not, let's absolutely consider the suggested theme for CBW
2012.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your help!<br>
> Shannon<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>><br>
> On Apr 8, 2010, at 8:17 PM, "Susan Bernstein"
<susan.naomi@gmail.com><br>
><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Thanks, Peter, for suggesting this-- and for the reference
to<br>
>> Rebecca and George's chapter. The demise of Basic
Writing was also<br>
><br>
>> the focus of my other presentation at CCCC-- the end of
Basic<br>
>> Writing at University of Cincinnati., housed in UC's
soon-to-be<br>
>> eliminated Center for Access and Transition (gone as of
6/30/10).<br>
>><br>
>> And for the record, Basic Writing is NOT secure at
community<br>
>> colleges either. Recent articles in Inside Higher Education
describe<br>
><br>
>> problems in San Diego County, and a recent New York Times
article<br>
>> discusses the end of open admissions in the CUNY almost all
of the<br>
>> CUNY community colleges. Also CUNY-related: tenure
track faculty at<br>
><br>
>> the CUNY community colleges are expected to publish as part
of<br>
>> earning tenure; at the same time, although CUNY CC faculty
can take<br>
><br>
>> 24 hours of release time in their first 5 re-appointments,
they are<br>
><br>
>> required to teach 27 hours a year afterward.<br>
>><br>
>> And so on.<br>
>><br>
>> I understand that there is disagreement among us about
whether or<br>
>> not Basic Writing serves the public good. But I
continue to stand<br>
>> by what I said in Louisville: Basic Writing has served as a
point of<br>
><br>
>> access for students who might otherwise have NO opportunity
to<br>
>> attend college. And recent studies have indicated that
students who<br>
><br>
>> are least likely to attend college are also the most likely
to<br>
>> benefit from college.<br>
>><br>
>> I would certainly welcome the direction that Peter suggests.
What<br>
>> do others think?<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,<br>
>><br>
>> Susan<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Adams, Peter D.
<padams2@ccbcmd.edu><br>
><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> I would like to suggest a somewhat different approach . . .
prompted<br>
><br>
>> by two developments.<br>
>><br>
>> One is my growing sense that basic writing is undergoing a
sea<br>
>> change. It's disappearing at many four year schools
either<br>
>> completely or because it has gone "underground" in
the sense that<br>
>> basic writing is hidden in FYC. In some places this is
my political<br>
><br>
>> fiat; in other places, it is because four-year schools
themselves<br>
>> are raising their admissions standards to the point that few
basic<br>
>> writers are being allowed in. Meanwhile, the bulk of
basic writing<br>
><br>
>> instruction is migrating to community colleges. What scares
me about<br>
><br>
>> this trend is that it may simply be a subtle way to gradually
faze<br>
>> out developmental writing (and reading and math) altogether.
To<br>
>> some of us, the democratizing function of basic writing, the
social<br>
><br>
>> justice effect, is the most important component of higher<br>
>> education. If we are right, then it is alarming that
this function<br>
><br>
>> is being relocated to the most underfunded sector of
higher<br>
>> education, where many basic writing students will be taught
by<br>
>> adjuncts with little or no preparation and where there is
currently<br>
><br>
>> no support for the kind of scholarship that has been the
hallmark of<br>
><br>
>> basic writing for the past half century. Think about
the articles<br>
>> and books that have had a major influence on basic writing.
How<br>
>> many of these were produced in community colleges? How
much<br>
>> scholarship will there be in the future, if most basic
writing takes<br>
><br>
>> place in an environment where faculty teach fifteen credit
hours per<br>
><br>
>> semester and where there is little incentive, indeed,
little<br>
>> opportunity for serious scholarship.<br>
>><br>
>> The second development is the publication of Rebecca and
George<br>
>> Otte's fabulous new history of basic writing, a book that
has<br>
>> crystalized my concern about the future of basic writing.<br>
>><br>
>> I'd really like to see CBW begin to address these issues.
First by<br>
><br>
>> alerting people to them. Second by discussing what our
response<br>
>> might be. Is this a trend we should be resisting?
Or should we<br>
>> begin a campaign to improve the environment for serious
scholarship<br>
><br>
>> in community colleges? If there is, in fact, a growing
political<br>
>> momentum to end developmental education in higher
education,<br>
>> shouldn't we be taking on a more public role in explaining
why this</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>><br>
>> is folly?<br>
>><br>
>> I'm not sure that what I'm suggesting is possible as a focus
for the<br>
><br>
>> workshop, but I do know that I think it should become a focus
for<br>
> CBW.<br>
>><br>
>> Peter<br>
>><br>
>> Peter Adams | Director of Accelerated Learning<br>
>> Department of English<br>
>> Community College Baltimore County<br>
>> 443Åú710Åú1852 | padams2@ccbcmd.edu<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Shannon
Carter<br>
>> Sent: Thu 4/8/2010 7:50 PM<br>
>> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board<br>
>> Subject: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning<br>
>><br>
>> Hi, all--<br>
>><br>
>> It was wonderful to see you all last month and I©–m very
excited abou<br>
><br>
>> t all<br>
>> that we©–ve accomplished thus far and all that appears to
be on the h<br>
><br>
>> orizon.<br>
>><br>
>> In keeping with that spirit and planning our next steps,
we©–ve been<br>
><br>
>> hashing<br>
>> out plans for upcoming CBW Workshop.<br>
>><br>
>> Drawing from our conversations in Louisville, it seems the
CBW 2011<br>
><br>
>> has two<br>
>> core goals:<br>
>>>> 1. Figure out (together, as an organization) the core
goals BW<br>
>> might stand<br>
>>>> for and, by extension, its professional
organization<br>
>>>> 2. Open up CBW to new folks (beyond our invitations
to keynoters<br>
><br>
>> based on<br>
>>>> themes, which we©–ve attempted to solicit from
folks not currently<br>
><br>
>> involved<br>
>>>> with CBW<Kevin Roozen, Steve Lamos, Valerie
Kinlock, . . . And<br>
>> then there©–s<br>
>>>> this year).<br>
>>>><br>
>> Thus, we decided to build a proposal that would leave room
for an<br>
>> open call<br>
>> for proposals. In year©–s past the entire program has
always been by<br>
>> invitation only.<br>
>>>><br>
>>> Questions for you:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 1. Attached is a draft of the CFP. Thoughts?
Suggestions?<br>
>> Revisions?<br>
>>>> 2. What should be the deadline for submissions? On
the attached<br>
>> draft, I set<br>
>>>> the deadline for CFP at random. Getting on the
official CCCC<br>
>> program after<br>
>>>> the fact isn©–t going to work, unfortunately. I
suspect Eilleen wi<br>
><br>
>> ll make some<br>
>>>> changes on a case-by-base basis, but we aren©–t
able to count on t<br>
><br>
>> hat option<br>
>>>> after the CCCC deadline. We have two options, then:
(a) we go<br>
>> with a later<br>
>>>> date and promise to create a separate CBW program and
offer<br>
>> official<br>
>>>> acceptance letters to those selected or (b) we push
the deadline<br>
><br>
>> for CBW<br>
>>>> proposals to BEFORE the CCCC deadline, then add the
selected<br>
>> names to the<br>
>>>> program proposal we submit to CCCC in early May.<br>
>>>> 3. Suggestions for keynoter/featured speakers that
might do well<br>
><br>
>> with<br>
>>>> conference theme?<br>
>>>><br>
>> Workshop agenda could look something like this, with
presentations<br>
> and<br>
>> guided discussions in the morning leading to draft of
mission<br>
>> statement<br>
>> before lunch and afternoon actually working together to
develop<br>
>> recommendations and other working items for CBW
membership.<br>
>>>><br>
>>> Notes on agenda, including potential times. Thoughts?<br>
>><br>
>>> 1. 9-9:45--History and Future of Basic Writing (Opening
Session/<br>
>> panel/plenary<br>
>>> speaker)--suggestions?<br>
>>> 2. 9:45-10:45--Open Panel<br>
>>> 3. COFFEE BREAK<br>
>>> 4. 11:00-12:00--Discussion Groups, with leaders
(Mission<br>
>> Statement)--Guided<br>
>>> discussions toward establishing core values that might
feed into<br>
>> CBW mission<br>
>>> statement and inform afternoon conversations<br>
>>> 5. 12:00-1:00--Lunch<br>
>>> 6. 1:00-1:45--Local Contexts
(plenary/keynote)---suggestions?<br>
>>> 7. 1:45-2:45--Open Panel<br>
>>> 8. BREAK<br>
>>> 9. 3:00-4:30<Discussion Groups (also drawn from CFP
and other<br>
> means)<br>
>>> 10. 4:30-5:00<Recommendations from Discussion Groups
and Next<br>
> Steps<br>
>>><br>
>> Thanks!<br>
>> Shannon<br>
>> --<br>
>> Shannon Carter, PhD<br>
>> Associate Professor of English<br>
>> Director, Writing Programs<br>
>> Department of Literature and Languages<br>
>> Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>
>> Commerce, Texas 75429-3011<br>
>> Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu<br>
>> http://www.shannoncarter.info<br>
>><br>
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