A Critical Look at Institutional Mission: A Guide for Writing Program Administrators

Edited by Joseph Janangelo Writing Program Administration Edited by Chris Carter and Laura Micciche Information and Pricing978-1-60235-840-9 (paperback, $32) 978-1-60235-841-6 (hardcover, $65) 978-1-60235-842-3 (PDF, $19.99). © 2016 by Parlor Press. 261 pages, with notes, bibliography, and index. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. What People Are Saying "As a WPA who recently transitioned into being a department chair, I was pulled in from the first paragraph. . . . A Critical Look at Institutional Mission is a welcome gap-filler, focusing on the 'mission' as a fulcrum for academic writing/program-building activities. I think it's a critical collection that confronts the rhetorical power of institutional goals rather than connecting alignment to a more ethereal 'big bad.' . . . [T]he book focuses on the mission statement as an artifact that offers insight into our institutional discussions about what we value, how we imagine lear