CONTENTS

From the Editor

The Stars and Ourselve's: An Ordinary Person's Guide to the English Market

ARTICLES

Fixing English: A Plan for Staffing at Pitt
PHILIP E. SMITH II

Undergraduate Education and Professional Responsibility
MARCIA A. DALBEY

Tending Young Shoots on the Mountain: Curriculum, Teaching, and Academic Culture at Mount Saint Mary's
CARMEN SCHMERSAHL

Operationalized Democracy: Teaching English at the Community College
ANNE BREZNAU

A Basic Circle
GERRI NEWNUM

Departmental Scheduling on a Computer
JAMES NASH

The Inappropriate Question
SUSAN KRESS

SPECIAL SECTION

The Chair's Role in Development
Introduction
T.H. ADAMOWSKI

Getting and Spending and the English Department Chair
TERRELL DIXON

How to Spend Money
JAMES S. MALEK