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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT>Thanks, everyone, for weighing in and, especially, for Barbara's very specific feedback. Hannah and I will bring it all together and offer our latest game plan for CBW 2011 asap. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Great to see CCCC panels forming, too! Perfect. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Till soon, </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of kbaca@nmsu.edu<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 4/16/2010 7:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board<BR><B>Cc:</B> Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>I've been reading the conversation(s) and am reminded again of my loss in not<BR>attending C's this year. This panel sounds fantastic and would be well attended,<BR>I believe. kb<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: sgoen@sfsu.edu<BR>Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 2:36 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Planning<BR>To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board <cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu><BR><BR>> Deborah Mutnick might be interested. Shall we ask her?<BR>><BR>> >Sugie,<BR>> ><BR>> >Thanks so much for such a reasonable compromise.<BR>> >I would be happy to be part of such a panel.<BR>> >Any other takers?<BR>> ><BR>> >Peter<BR>> ><BR>> >-----Original Message-----<BR>> >From: cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu<BR>> >[<A href="mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu">mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu</A>] On<BR>> >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.<BR>> And<BR>> >thanks to Peter and Susan for voicing these really important<BR>> 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<BR>> 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<BR>> Peter<BR>> >and Susan bring up to CCCCs as a whole by submitting a panel<BR>> 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<BR>> 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<BR>> it<BR>> >being done, how is it being supported, what are its central<BR>> 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<BR>> programs<BR>> >(we assume they've largely disappeared from 4 year campuses and<BR>> are<BR>> >now mostly on 2 yr, but as Susan points out, they aren't safe at 2<BR>> yr<BR>> >campuses either. And some elite universities still have BW<BR>> programs<BR>> >e.g. Michigan,); The Future of BW students (who are BW students<BR>> 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<BR>> CBW<BR>> >workshop, but also in the main body of Cs. And, we can follow up,<BR>> 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<BR>> 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<BR>> 2013 and<BR>> >> find a way to make it geographically interesting (Like, what if<BR>> we<BR>> >> had 5<BR>> >> or 6 regional conferences but were able to teleconference<BR>> 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 <A href="http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eclark">http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eclark</A><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >>>>> "Shannon Carter" <Shannon_Carter@tamu-commerce.edu> 4/8/2010<BR>> 10:03>> 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<BR>> response to<BR>> >><BR>> >> the conference theme the EB discussed and approved during EB<BR>> meeting>> at CCCC last month and then announced at CBW SIG.<BR>> >><BR>> >> 2. At that time, EB also discussed and approved plans to open<BR>> up CBW<BR>> >> to proposals.<BR>> >><BR>> >> To my mind, the wonderful points Peter raises and Susan extends<BR>> are>> *exactly* what we were responding to when we created the CFP<BR>> for CBW<BR>> >> 2011 and set a draft for workshop activities. If you disagree,<BR>> which>> it seems you might, can you suggest prose that might build<BR>> on or<BR>> >> extend the current draft to this end?<BR>> >><BR>> >> If not, let's absolutely consider the suggested theme for CBW<BR>> 2012.>><BR>> >> Thanks for your help!<BR>> >> Shannon<BR>> >><BR>> >> Sent from my iPhone<BR>> > ><BR>> >> On Apr 8, 2010, at 8:17 PM, "Susan Bernstein"<BR>> <susan.naomi@gmail.com>>><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<BR>> also>><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<BR>> describe>><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<BR>> the>>> CUNY community colleges. Also CUNY-related: tenure track<BR>> 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<BR>> take>><BR>> >>> 24 hours of release time in their first 5 re-appointments,<BR>> 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<BR>> stand>>> by what I said in Louisville: Basic Writing has served as<BR>> a point of<BR>> >><BR>> >>> access for students who might otherwise have NO opportunity to<BR>> >>> attend college. And recent studies have indicated that<BR>> 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. <BR>> What>>> do others think?<BR>> >>><BR>> >>> Best regards,<BR>> >>><BR>> >>> Susan<BR>> >>><BR>> >>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Adams, Peter D.<BR>> <padams2@ccbcmd.edu>>><BR>> >>> wrote:<BR>> >>> I would like to suggest a somewhat different approach . . .<BR>> prompted>><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<BR>> political>><BR>> >>> fiat; in other places, it is because four-year schools themselves<BR>> >>> are raising their admissions standards to the point that few<BR>> basic>>> writers are being allowed in. Meanwhile, the bulk of<BR>> basic writing<BR>> >><BR>> >>> instruction is migrating to community colleges. What scares me<BR>> about>><BR>> >>> this trend is that it may simply be a subtle way to gradually<BR>> faze>>> out developmental writing (and reading and math)<BR>> altogether. To<BR>> >>> some of us, the democratizing function of basic writing, the<BR>> social>><BR>> >>> justice effect, is the most important component of higher<BR>> >>> education. If we are right, then it is alarming that this<BR>> function>><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<BR>> currently>><BR>> >>> no support for the kind of scholarship that has been the<BR>> hallmark of<BR>> >><BR>> >>> basic writing for the past half century. Think about the<BR>> articles>>> and books that have had a major influence on basic<BR>> 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<BR>> takes>><BR>> >>> place in an environment where faculty teach fifteen credit<BR>> 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. <BR>> 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<BR>> scholarship>><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<BR>> this> ><BR>> >>> is folly?<BR>> >>><BR>> >>> I'm not sure that what I'm suggesting is possible as a focus<BR>> 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<BR>> Carter>>> 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<BR>> excited abou<BR>> >><BR>> >>> t all<BR>> >>> that we©–ve accomplished thus far and all that appears to be<BR>> on the h<BR>> >><BR>> >>> orizon.<BR>> >>><BR>> >>> In keeping with that spirit and planning our next steps,<BR>> 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<BR>> 2011>><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<BR>> keynoters>><BR>> >>> based on<BR>> >>>>> themes, which we©–ve attempted to solicit from folks not<BR>> currently>><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<BR>> 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<BR>> Eilleen wi<BR>> >><BR>> >>> ll make some<BR>> >>>>> changes on a case-by-base basis, but we aren©–t able to<BR>> 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<BR>> deadline>><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<BR>> well>><BR>> >>> with<BR>> >>>>> conference theme?<BR>> >>>>><BR>> >>> Workshop agenda could look something like this, with<BR>> presentations>> 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>> >>> <A href="http://www.shannoncarter.info/">http://www.shannoncarter.info</A><BR>> >>><BR>> >>><BR>> >>><BR>> >>> --<BR>> >>> BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS<BR>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >>><BR>> >>> Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 56864879) is spam:<BR>> >>> Spam:<BR>> >><BR>> >><A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=56864879&m=91e4db1c3308&t=20100408&c=s">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=56864879&m=91e4db1c3308&t=20100408&c=s</A><BR>> >>> Not spam:<BR>> >><BR>> >><A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=56864879&m=91e4db1c3308&t=20100408&c=n">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=56864879&m=91e4db1c3308&t=20100408&c=n</A><BR>> > >> Forget vote:<BR>> >><BR>> >><A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=56864879&m=91e4db1c3308&t=20100408&c=f">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=56864879&m=91e4db1c3308&t=20100408&c=f</A><BR>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >>> END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS<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>> >>> 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>> >> 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>> >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 01C548ef1) is spam:<BR>> >Spam:<BR>> ><A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=01C548ef1&m=383d54c14c0a&t=20100413&c=s">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=01C548ef1&m=383d54c14c0a&t=20100413&c=s</A><BR>> >Not spam:<BR>> ><A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=01C548ef1&m=383d54c14c0a&t=20100413&c=n">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=01C548ef1&m=383d54c14c0a&t=20100413&c=n</A><BR>> >Forget vote:<BR>> ><A href="https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=01C548ef1&m=383d54c14c0a&t=20100413&c=f">https://ssl.ccbcmd.edu:7726/canit/b.php?i=01C548ef1&m=383d54c14c0a&t=20100413&c=f</A><BR>> >------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS<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>Kathleen Baca<BR>English and Communication Dept.<BR>Doña Ana Community College<BR>MSC 3DA, PO Box 30001<BR>Las Cruces, NM 88003<BR>575-527-7626<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>