Because we live here : sponsoring literacy beyond the college curriculum /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goldblatt, Eli
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, Inc., [2007]
Series:	Research and teaching in rhetoric and composition.
Subjects:	Literacy programs > United States. Literacy > United States. Literacy > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.

Table of Contents:

Writing within, across, beyond
Plan of the book
John Dewey and the writing program
Crowley's attack on service and Temple's response
Situated leadership and the New London group
Continuity and control
An overview of regional schools
First-year GPA and retention
Placement in basic writing
Visiting schools
Two schools
Conclusions
Deep alignment and sponsorship
Vocation and its discontents
Temple and regional community colleges
Deep alignment: programs in conversation
The first-year writing assignment project
What does sponsorship tell us about alignment
Alinsky's reveille
Saul Alinsky: a community organizing model
The open door collaborative
Literacy sponsorship and knowledge activism
Lunch
A return to first principles
Joint sponsorship: what grants can do to breach the walls
On circulation
What literacy sponsorships will work beyond the college curriculum?
How do we contribute to our home institutions while engaging off-campus partners?
Are these efforts worthwhile?.