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"using Department of Writing and Rhetoric indicates a willingness to write badly in order to empire-build." #wymhm

Good writing is always about clarity and insight, precision and accuracy. Therefore, this confusing name calls into question the very quality of the writing instruction that will be given in the new department. If the department cannot and will not name itself accurately, then what does that bode for the students to be educated there?
via insidehighered.com

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james schirmer

associate professor of english at the university of michigan-flint.

i teach business, first-year, and technical writing.

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