CONTENTS

From the Editor

A Chairman's View of the Value of the Liberal Arts; Or, Who Shall Bridle Leviathan?
James E. Miller, Jr

A Businessman's View of the Value of the Liberal Arts
Arthur F. (Skip) Oppenheimer

University-School Collaboration for Literacy Education
Donald L. Rothman

The Plight of English Teacher Education
Charles I. Schuster

Reflections on Having Separated Freshman Writing from the English Department
Sylvia Manning

The Sacred Canon and Brazzle's Mule
Robert Hemenway

Three Views of the Chair
Shirley Strum Kenny

Teaching Literature to Undergraduates
O. B. Hardison, Jr

Teaching in China
Barbara M. De Mille

The Selling of College Writing Textbooks
William E. McCarron

Surveys

New Policies for Part-Time Faculty
M. Elizabeth Wallace

The 1981­82 Writing and Literature Survey: Courses and Programs
Art Young

Book Notes

Constructing Texts: Elements of a Theory of Composition and Style
William F. lrmscher