Distinguishes more than three modes of poetic discourse as ways in which writers interrelate the verbal presentation of vision and the artistic representation of action. (Author)

The literature presented in this annotated bibliography includes recent writings on professional negotiations in higher education found in text material and periodical literature. The references are presented in four sections: professional negotiations in general, the role of the administrator in professional negotiations, unions and professional…

Discusses the relationship that exists between the study of cognitive science and literary studies. Outlines contributions to the emerging dialog between these two fields. Suggests that a closer alliance between the two fields might enhance both disciplines. (HB)

Identifies a number of the major aspects of social class that freshman composition addresses in its aims of enabling students to think and write in ways that will make them good citizens of the academic (and larger middle class) community and viable candidates for good middle class jobs upon graduation. (TB)

Reviews work suggesting that imagery and language function in tandem to constitute a sense of being, and that metaphors of sight hold as much formative power as metaphors of word. Describes the limitations of language and the ways in which imagery compensates for that limitation. Discusses narrative of epistemology as a fusion of image and…

Discusses the development, underlying principles, program objectives, accomplishments, and pitfalls of a school district-university partnership, which established a professional development school first with a high school and later with a middle school as well. Topics include equity among school and university participants, governance,…

Composition teachers should recognize that all errors in student writing are not the same. The author distinguishes between handbook rules, spoken language, and ambiguity. (MM)

Evaluates the control that form exerts over freedom" in an essay devoted to literary criticism. (Author/RD)

Draws a parallel between the act of transference that occurs in psychotherapy between patient and analyst and the transference that occurs between student and teacher in a classroom setting. (JC)

Modern criticism is scientifically homogenizing the literary canon into a mass of data from which the critic can construct mental patterns. (DD)

Describes a tour of the places of Jane Austen's novels that is offered by the Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE) in Cambridge, England. (JL)

This monograph is part of a series on institutional support for student assessment. This report, which covers the second stage of the study, analyzes the results of a national survey of postsecondary education institutions that examined how institutions approach student assessment, their patterns of organizational and administrative support, and…