College Composition and Communication Sep 2021

Composition in the Age of Neoliberalism: An Interview with Holly Hassel and Joanne Baird Giordano

Patrick Sullivan

Abstract

The interview featured in this essay, with two distinguished writing studies colleagues, helps us see in important new ways the dystopian world of higher education being built around us by neoliberal public policy—and what we can do to stop it.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2021-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202131590
Open Access
Closed

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