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The Consequences of Language in Occupying Institutional Space

Neiderman, Halle M
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5723-7314
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1650612648870926

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2022, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
This study seeks to understand the language Writing Program Administrators use when discussing composition in the university and how public higher education policy changes have implications for writing programs. To achieve this, this study conducted semi-structured interviews with writing program administrators and Deans of Arts and Sciences across Ohio’s two and four-year, public and private universities to glean data on the language utilized in discussion of composition and basic writing, in particular. Deans of Arts and Sciences were included in this study to move the research beyond writing programs and English departments, and into the larger framework of the institution. To understand the future implications of this, the study also conducted an institutional ethnography of Complete College Ohio, which introduces curricular and administrative recommendations to Ohio’s public universities to increase degree holders across the state. Findings from administrators suggest that WPAs need to mirror their language to the process and post-process research of composition pedagogy, as opposed to relying on servicing the institution to explain writing’s purpose. Findings also suggest that public universities lack autonomy in developing their basic writing programs, where private universities are able to develop programs aligned with their departmental philosophy and community population. Finally, findings across Complete College Ohio work suggest that university policy reform is rooted in increasing statewide degree holders more efficiently and at the cost of academic rigor. The conclusions to this study warn writing program administrators that they will continue to see diminishing and marginalized programs, which has ramifications for research, output, and faculty lines, if they do not find new arenas to discuss the work of composition and if they fail to discuss composition as an ongoing, intellectual process.
Pamela Takayoshi (Advisor)
196 p.
Composition; Higher Education Administration; Public Policy

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  • Neiderman, H. M. (2022). The Consequences of Language in Occupying Institutional Space [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1650612648870926

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Neiderman, Halle. The Consequences of Language in Occupying Institutional Space. 2022. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1650612648870926.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Neiderman, Halle. "The Consequences of Language in Occupying Institutional Space." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1650612648870926

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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