Weathering the Storm: Independent Writing Programs in the Age of Fiscal Austerity

Contents 16 entries

1. 1
   Foreword: An Invitation to Read for Resilience

   Louise Wetherbee Phelps

   pp. vii-xiii DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c000a
2. 2
   Introduction: Looking Toward an (Inter)Disciplinary Future?

   Richard N. Matzen Jr.; Matthew Abraham

   pp. 3-18 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c000b
3. 3
   Documents of Dissent: Hairston’s “Breaking Our Bonds” in Context

   John J. Ruszkiewicz

   pp. 19-26 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c001
4. 4
   Forging Independence and Innovation in the Midst of Financial Austerity: The Syracuse University Writing Program

   Lois Agnew; Eileen E. Schell

   pp. 29-37 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c002
5. 5
   Forces Acting on a Departmental (Re- )Merger: Budgets, Spaces, Disciplines, Identities

   David Beard; Chongwon Park

   pp. 38-50 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c003
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   Growing Despite Austerity: The Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin

   Mark Garrett Longaker; Davida Charney; Diane Davis; Alice Batt

   pp. 51-59 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c004
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   “And So Two Shall Become One”: Being (and Becoming) the School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication

   Traci A. Zimmerman

   pp. 60-67 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c005
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   The Great Recession: Helping and Hurting Writing Faculty in an Independent Writing Program

   Richard N. Matzen Jr.

   pp. 68-80 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c006
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   Drawing New Lessons from Old Stories: How Economic Arguments Re-Shaped the Values of a Newly Independent Writing Program

   Jamie White- Farnham

   pp. 81-89 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c007
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    Surviving and Thriving in the Writing Department at Loyola University Maryland

    Cindy Moore; Peggy O’Neill

    pp. 93-100 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c008
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    Thriving Through Disruption: Leveraging Alumni Experience to Support a Liberal Arts Writing Major

    Amy Clements; Drew M. Loewe; Mary Rist

    pp. 101-109 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c009
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    Context, Strategy, Identity: A History of Change in the UC Santa Barbara Writing Program

    Madeleine Sorapure; Linda Adler-Kassner

    pp. 110-117 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c010
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    The Future of Independent Online Writing Programs: The Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

    Heidi Skurat Harris; George H. Jensen

    pp. 118-127 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c011
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    A Complex Ecology: The Growth of an Independent Writing Program in the Aftermath of the Great Recession

    Carl Whithaus; Chris Thaiss

    pp. 128-140 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c012
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    Becoming a Social Fact: Weathering the 2008 Financial Crisis at the University of Pennsylvania

    Valerie Ross; Patrick Wehner; Rodger LeGrand

    pp. 141-151 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c013
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    Making a Place for Writing Studies in a Crowded Institutional Landscape

    Frank Gaughan

    pp. 152-161 DOI: 10.7330/9781607328957.c014