This handbook offers wisdom and guidance from experienced college writing program administrators. It is intended for WPAs at all levels of experience.

Contents: L.Z. Bloom, Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Instituting Change. L.W. Phelps, Turtles All the Way Down: Educating Academic Leaders. D.D. Hesse, Politics and the WPA: Traveling Through and Past Realms of Experience. T. Enos, Reflexive Professional Development: Getting Disciplined in Writing Program Administration. G. Stygall, Certifying the Knowledge of the WPAs. D. Desser, D. Payne, Writing Program Administration Internships. E.M. White, Teaching a Graduate Course in Writing Program Administration. S.H. McLeod, Moving Up the Administrative Ladder. D.E. Schwalm, Writing Program Administration as Preparation for an Administrative Career. V. Pantoja, N. Tribbensee, D. Roen, Legal Considerations for Writing Program Administrators. S.C. Brown, Applying Ethics: A Decision-Making Heuristic for Writing Program Administrators. J. Schilb, The WPA and the Politics of LitComp. E.E. Schell, Part-Time/Adjunct Issues: Working Toward Change. Y. Merrill, T.P. Miller, Making Learning Visible: A Rhetorical Stance on General Education. S. Crowley, How the Professional Lives of WPAs Would Change if FYC Were Elective. Part II: Instituting Practice. C.M. Anson, Figuring It Out: Writing Programs in the Context of University Budgets. J. Gunner, Collaborative Administration. D.J. Royer, R. Gilles, Placement Issues. S.K. Rose, I. Weiser, The WPA as Researcher and Archivist. G.R. Glau, Hard Work and Hard Data: Using Statistics to Help Your Program. C. Burnham, Reflection, Assessment, and Articulation: A Rhetoric of Writing Program Administration. A-M. Hall, Expanding the Community: A Comprehensive Look at Outreach and Articulation. J.K. Ferganchick, Contrapower Harassment in Program Administration: Establishing Teacher Authority. K.S. McAllister, C.L. Selfe, Writing Program Administration and Instructional Computing. C.P. Haviland, D. Stephenson, Writing Centers, Writing Programs, and WPAs: Roles by Any Other Names? M. Morgan, The GTA Experience: Grounding, Practicing, Evaluating, and Reflecting. A. Brobbel, M. Hinojosa, C. Nowotny-Young, S. Penfield, D.R. Ransdell, M. Robinson, D. Scagliotta, E. Toso, T. Warnock, J.D. White, GAT Training in Collaborative Teaching at the University of Arizona. V. Holmsten, This Site Under Construction: Negotiating Space for WPA Work in the Community College. M.A. Townsend, Writing Across the Curriculum. B.M. Maid, More Than a Room of Our Own: Building an Independent Department of Writing. R. Jackson, P. Wojahn, Issues in Writing Program Administration: A Select Annotated Bibliography. Appendices: Portland Resolution. Evaluating the Intellectual Work of Writing Administration. WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition.