Doubling Our Chances: Co-Directing a Writing Program.

Aronson, Anne; Hansen, Craig

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ERIC Number: EJ621174

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Doubling Our Chances: Co-Directing a Writing Program.

Aronson, Anne; Hansen, Craig

WPA: Writing Program Administration, v21 n2-3 p23-32 Spr 1998

Describes the authors' experience co-chairing a writing department. Identifies seven key areas where the sharing of writing program administrator duties has resulted in personal, departmental, or institutional benefits. Discusses workload and professional identity, the politics of writing programs, co-directing as post-bureaucratic practice, and collaboration across genders. (SR)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Department Heads, Departments, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Models, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure, Writing Laboratories

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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