"As a WPA who recently transitioned into being a department chair, I was pulled in from the first paragraph. . . . A Critical Look at Institutional Mission is a welcome gap-filler, focusing on the 'mission' as a fulcrum for academic writing/program-building activities. I think it's a critical collection that confronts the rhetorical power of institutional goals rather than connecting alignment to a more ethereal 'big bad.' . . . T]he book focuses on the mission statement as an artifact that offers insight into our institutional discussions about what we value, how we imagine learning to...
"As a WPA who recently transitioned into being a department chair, I was pulled in from the first paragraph. . . . A Critical Look at Institutional...
The concept of institutional mission is central to contemporary academe, and a worthy topic of study for writing program administrators, writing center directors, and writing faculty. For many colleges, mission serves as a marker of identity and accomplishment. It denotes distinctive institutional history and important traditions of learning and service. Institutional mission also evokes a legacy of scholarship and pedagogy that contemporary administrators and faculty can use to recruit students and steward their programs forward.
Yet such legacy practices can be at odds with the...
The concept of institutional mission is central to contemporary academe, and a worthy topic of study for writing program administrators, writing ce...
