[Cwgrad-announcements] Re: CCC petition

[Maurya Simon]

Good points, Elizabeth, and there are other folks who are apparently 
working on new (Calif. and other state) initiatives to address the issues 
you mentioned.  Nonetheless, I do hope that people will continue to sign 
and circulate this initiative--for it's a small step in the right direction.

Warm wishes,
Maurya


At 09:18 AM 4/9/2007, Elizabeth Faith wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>As I read that earlier petition Gaby mentioned
>(below), it wasn't to change that MFAs must have an
>English degree to teach comp. It repeated the issue
>that MFAs don't qualify to teach comp at the CCC
>unless their undergrad degree was in English. The
>petition, as I understood it, was to make it so that
>only people with MFAs in Creative Writing AND BAs in
>English can teach Creative Writing classes. The MFA to
>teach Creative Writing is great, but it doesn't
>address the problem with non-English BA people
>teaching comp.
>
>The issue with MFAs not being able to teach comp at
>community colleges unless they also have a BA in
>English is nearly impossible to overcome short of
>going back to get a different undergrad degree. I've
>been hired and then fired at Mt. SAC and disinvited
>from an interview at RCC because of this, despite
>ongoing teaching experience at SBVC, even though
>they're all California Community Colleges. Most
>campuses won't consider the BA in Creative Writing
>equivalent to the English BA requirement. This is
>something that UCR undergrads as well as people in the
>MFA with non-English backgrounds who are on a track to
>persue an MFA should know about.
>
>Love,
>Elizabeth Aamot
>
>
>--- Gabriela Jauregui <gabrielajauregui at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
> > Another important petition to sign--If you're
> > getting political, might
> > as well sign this one and the one allowing MFA's to
> > teach Comp in
> > California's Community Colleges at the same time!
> > gaby
>
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