inquiry

["Sara Sobota" <sobota@coastal.edu>]

Hello everyone,

I am the director of the Writing Center at Coastal Carolina 
University, a public institution in Conway, South Carolina, with  about 4,500 
undergraduates and a liberal admissions policy.  I also teach one section of 
English 101 and serve on the Freshman Composition Committee. 
 I have been asked to investigate composition programs at other schools 
and find 3 programs that have adopted a "radical" approach to teaching 
composition at the freshman level.  I will present the major 
components and philosophies/objectives of the programs at a 
departmental retreat as a means of discussing 
potential changes in both the way we teach and the way we think about 
freshman composition.  If anyone out there is involved in or knows 
about a program that takes a markedly non-traditional approach to 
teaching composition, please contact me off-list -- I would like to 
learn about the program!  
Thanks.
Sara Sobota
sobota@coastal.edu