College English - Volume 74, Issue 6, 2012

This symposium centers on the recently released Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing, a collaboration between the Council of Writing Program Administrators, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Writing Project. In addition to the document itself, the symposium features an introduction to it by some of its drafters, as well as responses to it by veteran composition specialists.

The editor of College English interviews the noted Nepali American fiction writer Samrat Upadhyay, specifically analyzing with him issues of translation that he has faced in his own work and that he has found in the prose of other Asian and Asian American authors who, like him, primarily address an Anglo-American audience.

In the current economic climate, many corporate and political leaders seek to reform public education through entrepreneurial efforts that reflect a managerial approach. Similarly, several academic scholars are busily marketing their research. To counter these trends and improve our own standing, those of us in the humanities must explicitly rededicate ourselves to promoting collective flourishing.