United We Stand, Divided We Fall? Thoughts on Cohesiveness in the MA in Writing
http://www.cptsc.org/conferences/2001/sessions/blakeslee.pdf
  peer-reviewed

Blakeslee, Ann M.
CPTSC Proceedings
2001

Abstract:

What's happening to all of the things our students in the different strands once shared in common? When I taught the research methods class last fall, I was struck when my students in both strands commented on how they had not realized until then how much they shared and how happy they were to be able to help each other and to inform each other's work. These comments, and the tangible evidence I had of their truthfulness in my students' productive exchanges, are at the heart of my concerns. I am curious if other writing programs with multiple strands are also encountering these issues. Is becoming more separate a natural response to developments and progress in our respective fields? Is it the best response to those developments and progress?