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ERIC Number: EJ483199
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-0198
All Dressed Up and OTM: One ABD's View of the Profession.
Moneyhun, Clyde
Rhetoric Review, v12 n2 p406-12 Spr 1994
Considers the current state of graduate study in composition in American universities. Questions the aims of composition programs and their concomitant exploitation of graduate assistant. Describes the pressures and frustrations of those like the author who are OTM ("on the market") and looking for a tenure-track position. (HB)
Descriptors: College English, Doctoral Programs, Educational Trends, English Instruction, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Job Placement, Rhetoric, Teacher Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Composition Theory
Note: Special Issue: Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition.