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> I'll > even go so far as to say that I'm not sure if my academic accomplishments > and credentials would be fully recognized by Canadian institutions. Why is > that? A pointed queery, I know, but one I think worth making. Christine, I'll go so far as to say I AM sure your academic accomplishments will NOT be fully recognized by most Canadian institutions. Even for someone like me who has a traditional lit. degree, I'm aware that my experience with WAC is not going to be recognized most places that I look in this country. The oddest thing is that it is well recognized in Engineering (as it might be in business school) but certainly disregarded by "English" departments. I felt this acutely at ACCUTE last year where I was asked to speak about Teaching Writing on a panel somewhat self-indulgently titled "The Future of English Studies and the Public Good". That panel presentation was singularly the most depressing presentation I've ever done. The climate in the room was antarctic. The traditionalists and theoretical obscurantists were out in full force. I had to conclude that English studies had no future, or at least that it was irrelevant to the public good. I hope the climate is changing. I see the words "rhetoric and composition" appear in more ads for jobs, but I'm not convinced that most departments would recognize what those terms meant if they stumbled over them in the dictionary. Now that you're thoroughly depressed .... regards, Rob