{"product_id":"field-of-dreams","title":"Field Of Dreams","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the first collections to focus on independent writing programs, \u003ci\u003eA Field of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e  offers a complex picture of the experience of the stand-alone. Included  here are narratives of individual programs from a wide range of  institutions, exploring such issues as what institutional issues led to  their independence, how independence solved or created administrative  problems, how it changed the culture of the writing program and faculty  sense of purpose, success, or failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther chapters build larger ideas about the advantages and  disadvantages of stand-alone status, covering labor issues,  promotion\/tenure issues, institutional politics, and others. A  retrospective on the famous controversy at Minnesota is included, along  with a look at the long-established independent programs at Harvard and  Syracuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, the book considers disciplinary questions raised by the  growth of stand-alone programs. Authors here respond with critique and  reflection to ideas raised by other chapters—do current independent  models inadvertently diminish the influence of rhetoric and composition  scholarship? Do they tend to ignore the outward movement of literacy  toward technology? Can they be structured to enhance interdisciplinary  or writing-across-the-curriculum efforts? Can independent programs play a  more influential role in the university than they do from the English  department?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Peggy O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218104930596,"sku":"9780874214406","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.co.uk\/products\/field-of-dreams","provider":"IndiePubs UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}