Thanks for this clarification. I agree that all surveys are skewed in
certain ways. It is just interesting to see where the skewing is coming
from.
By the way, I appreciate all the effort that went into the survey.
----- Original Message -----
From: PJ Finn <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Canadian 1st-year writing courses
> Hello,
>
> By way of clarification, I am sure that the survey is skewed in many ways,
> as all surveys are. I should however point out that on many occasions
chairs
> sent and/or included university handbooks and reports on writing centres
and
> in house writing courses such as Writing for Business. In addition, more
> than half of the schools had multiple respondents including directors of
> writing programs/centres and those overseeing literature options. Also, it
> is probably worth noting that the survey was of First Year English
Programs
> in general and not First Year Writing Programs specifically, though the
> latter was an important part of the whole.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Catherine F. Schryer
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 1:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Canadian 1st-year writing courses
>
> Hmm. I have feeling the results of the survey are skewed because the
surveys
> only used Chairs of English as their sources. I bet a different picture
> would emerge if they surveyed a group higher up in the food chain of
> universities--a group that could see a larger picture of where "writing"
> courses are really being taught.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Irish <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Canadian 1st-year writing courses
>
>
> > I hadn't noticed the absence of UT, but Cathy might be surprised how
> > little U of T's results affect the overall numbers. If the chair at UT
> > had responded, no doubt he would have forgotten to mention the monster
> > course in Engineering (it really is well outside English's peripheral
> > vision most of the time) and reported that their first year comp. course
> > (and only one) has a very modest max enrollment of 30. Right in keeping
> > with the national average.
> >
> > Rob Irish
> >
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