"MUST BE WILLING TO TEACH COMPOSITION": THE RHETORIC AND PRACTICES OF THE SMALL COLLEGE JOB SEARCH From: Composition Studies | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Carpini, Dominic Delli | Copyright Composition Studies Fall 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

In the context of a small college English Department, which relies upon the multiple competencies of all its members, hiring new tenure-line professors can be a defining moment for a Composition Program. Without the active engagement of a composition program and its director, the search process is less likely to produce a colleague with serious interests and expertise in composition. It also risks making many dangerous public statements about our programs-statements that can further reify not...

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