Mapping the Terrain: The Two-Year College Writing Program Administrator

WCC Author: Jeff Klausman
Description or Abstract: For five years, the author has been advocating a writing program administrator (WPA) position at his two-year college. While the vice president of instruction has been sympathetic, the issue has been funding. As a means to prepare and to justify the WPA's continuing existence, he has set to work mapping out the terrain, trying to anticipate the contours of the job, the pitfalls, and the aims. This work has helped him see that the WPA at the two-year college (and perhaps at small four-year colleges without a graduate program in English) is not only an essential function, but is significantly different from the WPA position at universities and larger colleges. In this article, the author clarifies the differences while outlining the major issues he and other two-year college WPAs face.
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Bibliographic Citation: Teaching English in the Two Year College, vol. 35, no. 3, March 2008, pp. 238-251.
Year: 2008
Rights: In Copyright
Rights Holder: National Council of Teachers of English
Title: Mapping the Terrain: The Two-Year College Writing Program Administrator
Identifier: ERIC Number: EJ788558