Negotiating Expertise: The Strategies Writing Program Administrators use to Mediate  Disciplinary and Institutional Values

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dc.contributor.authorBeckett, Jessica Marieen
dc.contributor.committeechairCarter-Tod, Sheila L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPowell, Katrina M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEvia Puerto, Carlosen
dc.contributor.committeememberHausman, Bernice L.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-13T06:00:39Zen
dc.date.available2018-10-13T06:00:39Zen
dc.date.issued2017-04-20en
dc.description.abstractA First Year Writing program is an academic unit that manages the curriculum, budget, teaching faculty, and other aspects of writing classes for first year students as part of a university's general education curriculum. Throughout their daily tasks, the directors of these programs must work with the requirements of their institution, must build relationships with their administrators and campus stakeholders, and must work within the mission and values of their institution. However, as higher education becomes increasingly corporatized, these institutional constraints are sometimes at odds with the research, best practices, and theories of language and learning that these program administrators know and use. In this dissertation, I explore the way these differences in institutional situation and research-based practice affect the writing program. After outlining the way these inputs interact within the writing program and create a condition of tension, I locate the specific strategies of Requesting, Enriching, Learning, Showcasing, Collaborating, and Aligning as value-based forms of action that program administrators take to navigate this tension in positive waysen
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:10789en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/85360en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWriting Program Administrationen
dc.subjectFirst Year Writingen
dc.subjectStrategiesen
dc.subjectStakeholder Engagementen
dc.titleNegotiating Expertise: The Strategies Writing Program Administrators use to Mediate  Disciplinary and Institutional Valuesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineRhetoric and Writingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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