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WPA: Writing Program Administration, Volume 38, Number 1, Fall 2014 Council of Writing Program AdministratorsExtending an invitation to join theCouncil ofWriting Program AdministratorsThe Council of Writing Program Administrators offers a national networkof scholarship and support for leaders of college and university writingprograms.Membership benefits include the following: A subscription to WPA: Writing Program Administration, asemi‑annual refereed journal Invitations to the annual WPA Summer Workshops andConferences Invitations to submit papers for sessions that WPA sponsors at MLAand CCCC Participation in the WPA Research Grant Program, whichdistributes several awards, ranging from 1000 to 2000 Invitations to the annual WPA breakfast at CCCC and the annualWPA party at MLA Information about the WPA Consultant‑Evaluator programAnnual DuesGraduate Students: 20Not on Tenure Track: 20Regular: 40Sustaining (voluntary): 60Library: 80To JoinVisit us online at http://wpacouncil.org/membership or send your name,address, email address, institutional affiliation, and dues toMichael McCamley, CWPA SecretaryUniversity of DelawareDepartment of English212 Memorial HallNewark, DE 19716mccamley@udel.edu

Change Service RequestedUniversity of DelawareDepartment of English212 Memorial HallNewark, DE 19716Council of Writing Program AdministratorsWPA: Writing Program AdministrationNonprofit OrganizationU.S. PostagePaidNewark, DelawarePermit No. 26WPA: Writing Program Administration, Volume 38, Number 1, Fall 2014 Council of Writing Program AdministratorsWritingProgramAdministrationVolume 38 Number 1 Fall 2014People of Color Caucus StatementSocial Contexts of Writing Assessment: Toward anEcological Construct of the RaterThinking Liminally: Exploring the (com)PromisingPositions of the Liminal WPAUnderstanding Why Linked Courses Can Succeedwith Students but Fail with InstitutionsRelentless Engagement with State EducationalPolicy Reform: Collaborating to Change theWriting Placement Conversation38.1 Fall 2014Revising FYC Outcomes for a Multimodal,Digitally Composed World: The WPA OutcomesStatement for First-Year Composition (Version 3.0)The WPA Outcomes Statement forFirst-Year CompositionReview Essay: Writing in Digital Environments:Everything Old Is New AgainJournal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators

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