Abstract
As I read through the twenty-two suggestions, I find myself
1. Feeling more hopeful than for quite a while about the future of rhetorical studies in America, and about the future of serious teaching. If a colloquium like this can produce results like this, maybe we're not doomed after all.
2. Cursing myself, mildly, for never having organized such a Colloquium, and
3. . .. for never having thought as long and hard as Antczak and his buddies have about how to combine the virtues of the research "mission of learning" and the "mission of teaching."
4. Wondering how one could get well-meaning folks across the nation to pay attention to this kind of project. As is implied throughout Antczak's statement, the institutional pressures are mostly in the other direction: (a) insist on top-notch publication, but accept any teaching that doesn't arouse too much protest. (b) Rank institutions according to their publication record only. (c) Drop as many interdisciplinary programs, like "Rhetoric," as you can get away with; never forget that national reputations are built primarily on the rankings of conventionally labelled departments.
5. Feeling that the statement perhaps makes the appraisal of teaching sound too easy. The greatest obstacle to judging good teaching is the time lag between teaching-act and true effect.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
27
Issue
1
First Page
52
Last Page
55
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Booth, Wayne C.
(1995)
"Scattered Comments on the Long Overdue "Mission of Learning","
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 27:
No.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol27/iss1/8
Copyright
©1995 Iowa Communication Association
