This came from the Maine listserv
17 August 2009
Whoever that administrator was/is,
he/she doesn’t work for The City
College of New York!
I can’t speak for every college/
university, but I can speak to our
research requirements at City
College.
If anything, we’ve increased our
research/writing requirements and
resources.
1) For example, most colleges have
some sort of an introductory course/
programme for freshmen. Ours used to be
non-credit and a semester long, the
classes meeting once a week. For most
years the classes came to the library
for 2 of those weeks.
Last Autumn we totally revamped the process.
Our current required freshmen programme is
taught in their first semester and is a 6
credit course. Every freshman is required
to produce research papers over the semester
that equal a minimum of 25 pages.
Two library resources & research sessions
are required as part of this programme. A
writing coach/instructor is also assigned
to each of these classes.
I’ve taught (and will teach this fall)
a number of these classes.
Subjects include:
--- Societies of Modern Africa
--- Consumerism in America
--- Supreme Court Cases that Changed the
United States
--- Legal vs Literary Storytelling: An
Examination of Narrative in Literary &
Legal Writing
--- The Great Depression and Uncle Sam’s
Federal Theatre Project
2) In addition to revamping the freshman
programme, several years ago the college
opened a separate writing center available
to all students (and faculty) to support
(and improve) writing and research.
3) Over and above the freshmen courses, I
teach quite a few library resource sessions
mostly in Law, Political Science & International
Relations at both the Undergraduate & Graduate
levels.
Every single syllabus for every single one
of these classes includes required research
papers.
During the semester I have a constant stream
of students from these classes making
appointments to discuss research and resources
because they’re writing required research
papers.
Kind regards,
Grace-Ellen
Professor Grace-Ellen McCrann
Chief, Government Documents Division
The City College of New York
Cohen Library, 2nd floor
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
(212) 650 5073
gemscot@yahoo.com
"....I got a little education and I could better myself,
you know, because I could read and write."
~~Leon Walter Tillage. Leon's Story. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1997.
Peg Becksvoort, LMS, NBCT
Falmouth Middle School Library
52 Woodville Rd.
Falmouth, ME 04105
pbecksvoort@fps.k12.me.us
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