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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Canon as Palimpsest: Composition Studies, Genre Theory, and the Discourses of the Humanities
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Brauer, David – Composition Studies, 2009
"Profession 2005" begins with a series of essays titled "The Future of the Humanities." Without exception, the authors contend that literary studies must reaffirm, or in some cases reassert, its connection with the humanities in order to retain viability for the foreseeable and distant future in American higher education. In the words of Robert…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines
Writing between Two Worlds: Science and Discourses of Commitment in the Composition Classroom
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Brauer, David – Composition Studies, 2006
This article discusses a theoretical aspect of composition studies concerning the development of "an irenic multicultural composition classroom." The author notes that such a classroom environment, where all parties learn how to get along and perhaps learn to "agree to disagree," has been a long-time goal of composition studies theorists. However,…
Descriptors: Writing Exercises, Classroom Environment, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)