Tag: The Washington Post
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“The National Writing Project”
A longform article on the need for writing instruction and how it has progressed in the post-1960s era that pushed for universal higher education. CUNY’s Basic Writing program is featured along with the work of CUNY professor Mina Shaughnessy. The movement at CUNY is taken as a jumping off point for a national dialogue around…
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“The Wrecking of a College”
This is a rare report from outside of the tri-state area, and a very negative one at that. It insists that the newly instated open admissions policy at CUNY is resulting in “semi-illiterate” students on campus and a general destruction of academic standards. The article cites both the lack of training that these students have…
