Unknown Knowns: The Past, Present, and Future of Graduate Preparation for Two-Year College English Faculty

College English Jul 2017

Unknown Knowns: The Past, Present, and Future of Graduate Preparation for Two-Year College English Faculty

Darin L. Jensen ; Christie Toth

Abstract

Intended to contextualize and elaborate on the Two-Year College English Association's 2016 Guidelines for Preparing Teachers of English in the Two-Year College, this article examines the history, current status, and possible futures of graduate preparation for two-year-college English professionals. It traces the five-decade history of efforts among two-year-college English faculty to articulate the distinct demands and opportunities of their profession and to hold university-based graduate programs accountable for providing meaningful preparation for future two-year- college teacher-scholars. Based on our survey of this history and the current landscape of graduate education in English studies, we argue that transforming graduate programs to meet the needs of the teaching majority will require embracing the four principles articulated in TYCA's 2016 Guidelines: develop curricula relevant to two-year-college teaching; collaborate with two-year-college colleagues; prepare future two-year-college faculty to be engaged professionals; and make two-year colleges visible to all graduate students.

Journal: College English
Published: 2017-07-01
DOI: 10.58680/ce201729158
Open Access: Closed
Topics: two-year college graduate education race and writing place and space

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