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What is Institutional Mission

Chapter 13
Handbook of Research on Writing and Composing in the Age of MOOCs
An institution’s mission is a broad, public statement about what a particular institution values and how those values shape the goals, purposes, and actions of that institution. I interpret mission statements as predominantly descriptive statements, but mission statements may also take on prescriptive roles when they inform the shape and direction of new initiatives and programs. Ultimately, mission statements are living documents, open to interpretation and revision as institutions evolve and change.
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Reshaping Institutional Mission: OWI and Writing Program Administration
Jacob Babb (Indiana University Southeast, USA)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1718-4.ch013
Abstract
This chapter examines the relationship between online writing instruction (OWI) and the material and pedagogical impacts of OWI on institutions and their missions, using the author's regional campus to illustrate those impacts. First, the chapter explores the institutional mission and context of the author's institution, exploring how OWI works with and against the university's mission and how the growth of online instruction reshapes that mission. Second, the chapter asserts the need for professional development by exploring campus-wide resources for instructor training and then by detailing the writing program's efforts to provide discipline-specific training that emphasizes pedagogy and collaboration. Finally, the chapter asserts that writing program administrators are uniquely situated stakeholders on their campuses who can make a significant impact on the implementation and ongoing development of OWI on their campuses.
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