Below are over fifty links often used by college and university English and writing faculty. They are gathered into eight sections, listed immediately below. You may click on one of the eight main sections or scroll down. 
    

     1. CCCC

     2. Combined/Other Statements

     3. MLA & M/MLA

     4. NCTE

     5. WPA

     6. Developmental Ed Financial Aid Issue in MnSCU, 2014

     7. English/Writing Textbooks Online

     8. Sample/Example Student Papers Online

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1. CCCC

    Conf. on College Composition and Communication
    (Note: CCCC is the post-secondary branch of NCTE)

     Statements on:

• "Electronic Portfolios":
  www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/electronicportfolios/summary

• "Postsecondary Teaching of Writing: Principles and Standards: 
  www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/postsecondarywriting/summary

• "Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing":
  www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/postsecondarywriting

• "Statement of Professional Guidance":
  www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/professionalguidance

• "Teaching Second Language Writing and Writers":
  www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/secondlangwriting/summary

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2. Combined or Other Statements

• ADE [Assoc. of Depts. of Eng.] Guidelines for Class Size and Workload...:
  www.ade.org/policy/index.htm

• ADE Statement on the Use of...Adjunct Faculty":
  www.ade.org/policy/index.htm

• NCTE-WPA "Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing":
  http://wpacouncil.org/framework

• "NCTE-WPA White Paper on Writing Assessment in Colleges and Universities":
  www.ncte.org/positions/statements/nctewpawritingassess

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3. MLA Modern Language Association

    & M/MLA Midwest MLA

     Statements on:

• Advice to Graduate Students":
  www.mla.org/advice_grad

• "Committee on Professional Employment: Final Report":
  www.mla.org/prof_employment

• "Graduate Education and the Job Search":
  www.mla.org/documents  (Scroll down for multiple links.)

• "MLA Statement on the Fair Use of Copyrighted Works":
  www.mla.org/fairusecopyright

• Regional Modern Language Associations:
  Regional Modern Language Associations and
  M/MLA--Midwest Modern Language Association

• "Staffing, Salaries, and Other Professional Issues":
  www.mla.org/documents  (Scroll down for multiple links.)

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4. NCTE

    National Council of Teachers of English

     Statements on:

• "Guidelines for Gender-Fair Use of Language":
  www.ncte.org/positions/statements/genderfairuseoflang

• Literacy:
  www.ncte.org/positions/literacy

• "NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing":
  www.ncte.org/positions/statements/writingbeliefs

• "Statement on Class Size and Teacher Workload: College:
  www.ncte.org/positions/statements/classsizecollege

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5. WPA

    Council of Writing Program Administrators

     Statements on:

• "Class Sizes...: Data...from 230+ institutions [Oct. 2010]":
  http://comppile.org/profresources/classsize.htm

• "Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism":
  http://wpacouncil.org/positions/WPAplagiarism.pdf

• "The Definitive Article on Class Size":
  http://wpacouncil.org/archives/31n1-2/31n1-2horning.pdf

• "Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition":
  http://wpacouncil.org/positions/outcomes.html

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6. Developmental Education Financial Aid MnSCU Issue in 2014:

• Description of Issue and Sample 2-Yr. College Statements of Course Levels, 2014

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7. English/Writing Textbooks & Guides Online

• www.OnlineGrammar.org - Chapter 11 (Online Grammar Guides)

• www.OnlineGrammar.org - Chapter 15 (Online College Writing Texts)

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8. Sample/Example Papers Online

    Developmental/basic/h.s. "5-star" essays:

• Capital Community College and Kathy Livingston

     Advanced high school:

• "Penn State Essay Contest" for persuasive proposals:
  1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place

     College 1st yr.:

• Roane State's "Outstanding Freshman Writer":
  Arg. Research, Lit. Analysis, Narrative Description

• Penn State:
  Best of Freshman Writing  (Scroll to bottom for back issues.)

• Dartmouth examples of 1st-yr. writing about literature:
  Four Essays about Shakespeare

     Writing-course research paper examples:

• Diana Hacker: 
  MLA Research Paper and APA Research Paper

• Purdue OWL (w/discussion):
  MLA Research Paper and APA Research Paper

• Hacker & Fister (w/notes):
       MLA Humanities
       APA Social Sciences
       Chicago History
       CSE Science

     Undergraduate upper-division research:

• Six papers from rough to final draft:
  Bedford Researcher by Palmquist

     Senior/graduate courses:

• Hundreds of published undergraduate research papers:
  Council on Undergraduate Research--Journals

     Graduate theses/dissertations:

• Networked Digital Library

Contents updated 1 Aug. 2016