4 Growing Despite Austerity

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword An Invitation to Read for Resilience vii
4. Introduction Looking Toward an (Inter) Disciplinary Future? 3
5. 1 Documents of Dissent 19
6. Part I Adding Writing Majors or Minors During The Great Recession
7. 2 Forging Independence and Innovation in The Midst of F Inancial Austerity 29
8. 3 Forces Acting on a Departmental (Re-) Merger 38
9. 4 Growing Despite Austerity 51
10. 5 “And so Two Shall Become One” 60
11. 6 The Great Recession 68
12. 7 Drawing New Lessons From Old Stories 81
13. Part II Adjusting Existing Curricula in Response to the Great Recession
14. 8 Surviving and Thriving in the Writing Department at Loyola University Maryland 93
15. 9 Thriving Through Disruption 101
16. 10 Context, Strategy, Identity 110
17. 11 The Future of Independent Online Writing Programs 118
18. 12 A Complex Ecology 128
19. 13 Becoming A Social Fact 141
20. 14 Making a Place for Writing Studies in a Crowded Institutional Landscape 152
21. About the Authors 163
22. Index 169