Writing in the Public Interest

Edited by David Cooper and Laura Julier

This is a currently out-of-print article published by the writing center that remains in high demand, so we've posted it here, in its entirety. Below is a table of contents, linking to the individual chapters in printer-friendly PDF format, as well as a link to the entire article (288k). In the future we hope to make this available in other formats.

Entire article (288k)

Contents (16k)

Reconceiving Scholarship in the Land Grant University: A Preface (16k)
Patricia L. Stock

Writing and the Arts of Public Discourse: the Service-Learning Writing Project at Michigan State University (32k)
David D. Cooper and Laura Julier

The SLWP: Inventing Our Roles (20k)
Sharon Thomas

The Service-Learning Center: A Link in the Chain (16k)
Mary Edens

Community Service-Learning: Two Student Views (24k)
Joan Cripe & Nathan Werner

SLWP Curriculum Materials (60k)

SLWP Student Resource Packet (28k)

Suggestions for Participating Agencies (16k)

Moving Towards Collaboration (16k)
Rocky Ray Beckett

A Portfolio of Student Projects (120k)

Bibliography (16k)
Martha D. Merrill