CONTENTS

From the Editor

ARTICLES

Mandated Testing and the Postsecondary English Department
CHARLES B. HARRIS

Assessment: What It Is and What It Isn't
PATRICK T. TERENZINI

Cultural Precipitate and Willed Object: Literary Theory in the Site Between
JUDITH SCHERER HERZ

Theory R.I.P.? Relax: Introduce Polylogue
GARY WALLER

Requiem for a Noun
JAMES J. SOSNOSKI

The Ballad of Roger and Rose
CONSTANCE ROOKE

Identities and Differences
RICHARD WHEELER

Covering the Waterfront versus Taking the Plunge: Curriculum Revision in a Liberal Arts College
PATRICIA R. SCHROEDER

Eleven Memos for the Year 2000: A Postmodern Pedagogy
JUDITH SUMMERFIELD

Group Dynamics in the Writing Classroom: Moving from “Them” to “Us”
DIANE SIMMONS

Hiring in the 1990s
FRANK E. HAGGARD

REVIEW ESSAY

Hartman's Dilemma
Minor Prophecies: The Literary Essay in the Culture Wars, by Geoffrey H. Hartman
MARIANNA TORGOVNICK

CASE STUDY

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