CONTENTS

ARTICLES

The Writing Program in the University
KATHERINE K. GOTTSCHALK

Graduate Education and the Preparation of New Faculty Members
JAMES E. KNAPP

“The Most of It”: Hiring at a Nonelite College
NONA FIENBERG

What a BA College Needs to Know: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
ANNE WARNER

What Good Is the MA Degree?
MARCIA A. DALBEY

Betwixt and Between: The Master's Program and a Field of Dreams
BERNARD DUYFHUIZEN

Downtown Lit
LES GOTTESMAN and JUDITH BROWNING

SPECIAL SECTION

Teaching Reconsidered

Classroom Discomfort
DAVID BLEICH

Teaching The Jesus Papers
JANE HEDLEY

Teaching the Forbidden: Literature and the Religious Student
ROBERT JOHNSON

The MLA's 1993­94 Survey of PhD Placement: The Latest English Findings and Trends through Time
BETTINA J. HUBER