In search of eloquence : cross-disciplinary conversations on the role of writing in undergraduate education / Cornelius Cosgrove, Nancy Barta-Smith.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and indexes.

1. Meeting the rhetorician's challenge through cross - disciplinary conversation -- 2. An institution and its faculty : the why and how of our study -- 3. In search of recognition : the dynamics of the interviews -- 4. What should students write? Distances and proximities among classroom, disciplinary and workplace genres -- 5. Writing as inquiry, argument and persuasion -- 6. Expert knowledge : knowing that, learning how, and asking why -- 7. Connecting correctness and style to writing instruction within and beyond disciplines -- 8. Further steps in the search for eloquence -- App. A. Schedule of first interview questions -- App. B. Schedule of second interview questions -- App. C. Transcript analysis sheet -- App. D. Technical and scientific writing : assignment 4 -- App. E. College writing II : evaluating the first position paper -- App. F. College writing II : second position paper checklist.

"This book dialogically links scholarship in rhetoric, composition, and English Studies to the perspectives of faculty outside of English, and by so doing manages to both challenge and expand current thinking about writing pedagogy. The authors' recognition of the centrality of writing in undergraduate education leads them into extensive conversations with faculty from a variety of disciplines about writing's role in their own degree programs, scholarly disciplines and professional practices."--BOOK JACKET.