Resistance is Not Futile
Guiding Writing Programs through Turbulent Times
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.v4i1.121Keywords:
writing program administration, educational leadership, community engagement, online programsAbstract
In this essay, I suggest ways in which postsecondary writing programs may respond to the effects of the current economic recession. Relying on shape as a metaphor, I offer strategies for writing programs to survive the recession and to be better insulated from future economic downturns.
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