The following CCCC 2018 All-Attendee Live Stream events will be broadcast here on Thursday, March 15:
- Opening Session from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. CDT
- All-Attendee Event from 1:45 to 3:00 p.m. CDT
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CCCC 2018 All-Attendee Events
Past CCCC Conference Programs
For your reference, programs are currently available online from these past CCCC Annual Conventions:
2024 Program
CCCC Convention Companion Publication: 2024 Edition
2023 Program
2022 Program
2021 Program
2020 Program
2019 Program
2018 Program
2017 Program
2016 Program
2015 Program
2014 Program
2013 Program
2012 Program
2011 Program
2010 Program
2009 Program
2008 Program
2007 Program
2006 Program
2005 Program
2005 Reviews
2004 Program
2004 Reviews
2003 Reviews
CCCC Position Statements
CCCC Position Statements are statements on educational issues approved by the Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee. Please click on any of the titles below to view the summary and/or full statement.
The Process by which CCCC Position Statements are Created
CCCC Position Statement Guidelines
Not finding the information you need? Click here to research the complete database of NCTE position statements.
Statements on Teaching and Learning in Postsecondary Language and Literacy Classrooms
Disability Studies in Composition: Position Statement on Policy and Best Practices [March 2020 (replaces A Policy on Disability in CCCC, November 2006, Reaffirmed April 2011)]
summary — full statement
Electronic Portfolios: Principles and Practices (November 2007, Revised March 2015)
summary — full statement
Joint Position Statement on Dual Enrollment in Composition [November 2019, (replaces the November 2012 CCCC “Statement Dual Credit/Concurrent Enrollment Composition: Policy and Best Practices”)]
full statement
Position Statement on the Role of Reading in College Writing Classrooms (March 2021)
full statement
Position Statement on Undergraduate Research in Writing: Principles and Best Practices (March 2017)
full statement — Bibliography of Resources Supporting UR in Rhetoric and Writing Studies (October 2018, pdf)
Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Work with Technology (November 1998, Revised November 2015)
summary — full statement
Statement on Globalization in Writing Studies Pedagogy and Research (November 2017)
full statement
Student Veterans in the College Composition Classroom: Realizing Their Strengths and Assessing Their Needs (March 2015, references and further reading updated November 2022)
summary — full statement
Writing Assessment Principles (November 2006, revised March 2009, reaffirmed November 2014, revised April 2022)
summary — full statement
Statements on Social and Linguistic Justice and Antiracist Pedagogies
Black Technical and Professional Communication Position Statement with Resource Guide (September 2020)
full statement
Ebonics Training and Research (May 1998, revised May 2016, revised June 2021)
summary — full statement
National Language Policy (March 1988, updated 1992, revised March 2015)
summary — full statement
Position Statement on Citation Justice in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies (November 2022)
full statement
Statement on Language, Power, and Action (November 2022)
full statement
Statement on Second Language Writing and Multilingual Writers (January 2001, revised November 2009, reaffirmed November 2014, revised May 2020)
full statement
Students’ Right to Their Own Language–with bibliography (April 1974, reaffirmed November 2003, annotated bibliography added August 2006, reaffirmed November 2014)
summary — full statement
Statement on Support for Gender Diversity/Trans, Two-Spirit, and Nonbinary Students, Staff, and Faculty (February 2023)
full statement
Statement on White Language Supremacy (June 2021)
full statement
This Ain’t Another Statement! This is a DEMAND for Black Linguistic Justice! (July 2020)
full statement
Professional Standards and Resources: Research
Ethical Conduct of Research in Composition Studies (November 2003, revised March 2015)
summary — full statement
Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Human Participants: A Bibliography (November 2003, revised March 2015)
summary — full bibliography
Scholarship in Rhetoric, Writing, and Composition: Guidelines for Faculty, Deans, and Chairs [March 2018 (replaces the 1987 CCCC “The Range of Scholarship in Composition: A Description for Department Chairs and Deans”)]
summary — full statement
Statement on Editorial Ethics (April 2023)
full statement
Professional Standards and Resources: Teaching and Learning
Preparing Teachers of College Writing [November 2015 (replaces the 1982 CCCC “Position Statement on the Preparation and Professional Development of Teachers of Writing”)]
summary — full statement
Principles for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing (October 1989, Revised November 2013, Revised March 2015, Revised November 2023)
full statement
Professional Standards and Resources: Working Conditions
Best Practices in Faculty Hiring for Tenure-Track and Non-Tenure-Track Positions in Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (April 2016)
full statement
Position Statement on CCCC Standards for Ethical Conduct Regarding Sexual Violence, Sexual Harassment, and Workplace Bullying (November 2016; Revised March 2020)
full statement
Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Work with Technology (November 1998, Revised November 2015)
summary — full statement
Statement of Professional Guidance for Mentoring Graduate Students (November 2019)
full statement
Statement of Professional Guidance for New Faculty Members (1987, Revised November 2015, Revised November 2022)
summary — full statement
Statement on Community-Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy in Rhetoric and Composition [November 2023 (replaces the CCCC Statement on Community-Engaged Projects in Rhetoric and Composition, April 2016)]
full statement
Statement on Effective Institutional Responses to Threats of Violence and Violent Acts Against Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty and Graduate Students (November 2019)
full statement
Working Conditions for Non-Tenure-Track Writing Faculty (April 2016)
full statement
Statements on Current Issues
CCCC Statement in Response to Proposed Cuts at WVU and Academic Austerity in Higher Education (September 2023)
full statement
CCCC Ukraine Statement of Support (April 2023)
full statement
CCCC Statement against War Crimes (June 2022)
full statement
CCCC Statement on Recent Violent Crimes against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders (March 2021)
full statement
CCCC Statement on Violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 (January 2021)
full statement
CCCC and CWPA Joint Statement in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 2020)
full statement
Connect with CCCC on Social Media
Chat with Colleagues in the CCCC Connected Community
The CCCC Connected Community is an online social network that allows you to:
- create your own profile
- find like-minded colleagues
- discuss teaching ideas and methods
- share educational resources
- post your presentation descriptions and materials
- interact with convention speakers and participants
Learn more about the CCCC Connected Community.
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Your professional network of trusted contacts gives you an advantage in your career and is one of your most valuable assets. LinkedIn helps you make better use of your professional network and helps the people you trust in return. Join the CCCC Group and receive news, post discussions, and network with other composition and rhetoric professionals.
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Mission
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is committed to supporting the agency, power, and potential of diverse communicators inside and outside of postsecondary classrooms. CCCC advocates for broad and evolving definitions of literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing (including multimodal discourse, digital communication, and diverse language practices) that emphasize the value of these activities to empower individuals and communities. CCCC promotes intellectual and pedagogical freedom and ethical scholarship and communication. To this end, CCCC and its members
- sponsor and conduct research that produces knowledge about language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and the teaching, assessment, and technologies of writing;
- create collaborative spaces (such as conferences, publications, and online spaces) that enable the production and exchange of research, knowledge, and pedagogical practices;
- develop evidence- and practice-based resources for those invested in language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing at the postsecondary level;
- advocate for students, teachers, programs, and policies that support ethical and effective teaching and learning.
For professional growth
Since 1949, CCCC has provided a forum for all those responsible for teaching composition and communication skills at the college level, both in undergraduate and graduate programs. For over 50 years, CCCC members have charted new courses in the teaching and scholarship of composition and rhetoric, helping to shape our academic community and professional practices. As members, through the College Forum of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), of the American Council of Learned Societies, CCCC is the professional voice of composition and rhetoric studies.
Find your focus and share your interests
When you join CCCC, you will be welcomed into a community of scholars and teachers who share your concerns about important issues influencing the teaching of composition and rhetoric. You will be connected to current trends in scholarship and research, developments in teaching, national trends in higher education, and much more.
Benefits of CCCC membership
- A subscription to the respected journal College Composition and Communication as well as online access to all of the journal articles.
- An invitation to attend the CCCC Annual Convention and discounts on convention registration fees.
- Eligibility for nomination to CCCC committees, which produce publications and position papers in the interest of the English and composition and rhetoric profession.
- An opportunity to become affiliated with the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA), which responds to concerns of educators at two-year colleges and coordinates seven regional conferences.
- Access to the web resources and communities maintained by CCCC and NCTE.
- Visit the User’s Guide to CCCC for information on organizational structure and how CCCC members are involved.
Professional journal
College Composition and Communication (CCC) is the NCTE journal that addresses the concerns of writing specialists, researchers, and teachers of college-level composition courses through articles on the theory, practice, and teaching of composition. CCC is published in September, December, February, and June. Click here to learn more about submission opportunities with CCC.
With your CCCC membership, you will not only receive a subscription to the journal but also unlimited online access to all of the journal articles in PDF format!
Annual conference
Click here for more information.
CCCC sponsors a convention every spring where more than 3,000 higher education faculty from across the nation come to converse, share, network, and learn about issues that influence the scholarship and teaching of composition.
The program sessions cover such topics as the composing process; grading and assessment; issues of gender, race, and class; the use of contingent, adjunct, and part-time faculty; the tenure debate; intellectual property; and the way technologies are reshaping the teaching of rhetoric and composition – in other words, all aspects of the profession.
Join now!
Membership in CCCC includes an annual subscription to CCC, access to online resources, discounts on NCTE and CCCC publications, voting rights in NCTE and CCCC, eligibility for group insurance, and discounts on all conference and convention registration fees. NCTE membership is required for membership in CCCC. To become a member, simply click here, or call NCTE’s Customer Service Center toll free at (877) 369-6283
(877) 369-6283.
CCCC Resources
Resources by Topic
Intellectual Property
Online Writing Instruction
- OWI Open Resource (collection of online writing instruction resources)
Subscribe to the Second Language Writing Listserv
Note: This listserv is open to anyone who wants to join. Please follow the steps
- Send a message to: mj2@lists.ncsu.edu
- In the text of the message, type: subscribe slw_cccc
- Note: Do not type anything in the subject line
- You will receive a message back from the listserv asking you to confirm your subscription to the list
- When you want to send a message to the list, send it to slw_cccc@lists.ncsu.edu
Status of Women in the Profession
- History of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession by Heather Bruce
- Womens’ Lives in the Profession Project
- Start-up Kit for Women’s Lives in the Profession Project
- Sample Interviews for the Women’s Lives in the Profession Project
- Web Resources compiled by Jordynn Jack
- Resources for Women in Community Colleges and Adjuncts in Community Colleges compiled by Jody Millward
- List of Journals in Rhetoric and Composition and related subareas: Visit Byron Hawks’ well maintained list of links.
- Feminist-oriented journals in Rhetoric and Composition: Peitho (past issues)
- Interdisciplinary Feminist Studies/Gender Studies journals compiled by Violet Dutcher
- General Journals in the Humanities that may be of interest and that occasionally publish scholarship on feminist studies/women’s issues compiled by Violet Dutcher
- Useful introductory volumes that address feminist composition studies/gender and professional status issues
- Bibliography in Feminist Research and Gender Issues in Rhetoric and Composition assembled by Kirsti Cole
Writing Major
- Writing Majors at a Glance (listing of 141 writing majors, updated 2015)
- Bibliography of sources for those interested in the writing major
Publications
- College Composition and Communication (CCC)
- CCC Online
- Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (SWR)
- FORUM: Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty
Position Statements
These statements on educational issues are approved by the Conference on College Composition and Communication Exeucutive Committee.
Not finding the information you need? Research the complete database of NCTE position statements.
Grants and Awards
CCCC offers numerous grants and awards for travel, research, publications, programs, and service, to name a few. All CCCC awards are given annually and are presented at the CCCC Convention each year. Please see the detailed information for each award including criteria and submission deadlines.
Committees
CCCC accomplishes much of its work through the use of committees. It is because of committees that we have position statements, award programs, even a conference itself. Please visit the committee website to learn more about current charges and activities being undertaken by these hard-working groups of CCCC members.
CCCC/NCTE Policy Analysis Initiative
A network of NCTE, CCCC, and TYCA volunteers track state policy developments impacting English language arts, English studies, literacy, and the humanities. These volunteers, one covering P12 education and one covering higher education in each state, provide other members with analyzed information about state policies. With this knowledge, educators can better participate in the policymaking process that affects them, their students, their institutions, and their communities. Learn more.
Writing Studies Tree (WST)
The Writing Studies Tree (WST) is an online, crowdsourced database of academic genealogies within writing studies; in other words, it is an interactive archive for recording and mapping scholarly relationships in Composition and Rhetoric and adjacent disciplines. Explore the network of people and institutions, create new nodes within that network, or participate in discussions about what you’ve discovered or where to go next! Learn more.
CCCC Resolutions
Call for Resolutions
The Chair of the 2018 CCCC Resolutions Committee, urges all CCCC members who care deeply about key issues, external and internal, that bear on the teaching of writing and communications to compose resolutions that can facilitate our collective efforts. Proposed resolutions will be considered for presentation at the Annual Business Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. To obtain copies of resolutions passed at recent CCCC conventions, please see the links below or contact the CCCC Liaison at cccc@ncte.org. The signatures of at least five CCCC members are required for each proposed resolution. Proposed resolutions, with these signatures, should be emailed the CCCC Resolutions Committee cccc@ncte.org. Resolutions must be received on or before February 28, 2018.
Do you have questions about the handling of resolutions at the CCCC Annual Business Meeting? Click here for the “Basic Rules” (also see these rules for information on sense of the house motions).
2017 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2013 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2012 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2011 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2009 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2007 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2006 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
2005 Resolutions & Sense of the House Motions
For resolutions prior to 2000, please email cccc@ncte.org.
Policies & Guidelines
Visit the User’s Guide to CCCC for more information on organizational structure(s) and how CCCC members are involved.
Committees
CCCC accomplishes much of its work through the use of committees. It is because of committees that we have position statements, award programs, even a conference itself. We are always looking for potential committee members with expertise, energy, and colleagiality. Click here for a complete listing of the currently active committees, links to committee websites, committee governance information, and information on how you can get involved.
Constitution & Bylaws
The CCCC Constitution and Bylaws are the governing documents of the organization. They were last updated in May of 2013.
Elections
Click here for information on the CCCC Elections process, how you can get involved, nomination information, and the listing of election offices and their responsibilities.
Leadership
- Meet the current CCCC Officers and Executive Committee Members
- A complete listing of CCCC Chairs from 1949 to the present
- CCCC Officers and Executive Committee from 1994 to the present
- CCCC Executive Committee Handbook (2013-2014)
Resolutions
Click here for a listing of recent CCCC Resolutions approved at the Annual Business Meeting and rules and guidlines for submitting resolutions for the upcoming spring meeting.
Member Groups
CCCC has a number of Member Groups (including Special Interest Groups and Standing Groups) that hold meetings, sponsor panels and workshops at the Annual Convention, publish newsletters, and carry on other activities within the framework of the organization. CCCC is pleased to recognize such groups, encourages their existence and growth, and provides time, space, and appropriate publicity to foster their effective operation. Click here for additional information on CCCC Member Groups.
CCCC Committees
Committees are appointed for terms not to exceed three years. Committee terms end during the month and year indicated. The Executive Committee may reconstitute a committee at the end of its term. The committee chair must submit a request for renewal more than six weeks prior to the upcoming CCCC Executive Committee Meeting if the committee wishes to request reconstitution. CCCC Committee Chairs should refer to the CCCC Committee Management Guidelines document for more information. The following are current CCCC 3-year committees.
Visit the CCCC Resources page for a variety of resources resulting from the work of previous CCCC committees.
Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication (November 2018)
Committee on Disability Issues
Committee on Globalization of Postsecondary Writing Instruction and Research (November 2018)
Committee on the Status of Graduate Students (March 2018)
Language Policy Committee (November 2018)
Visit the User’s Guide to CCCC for information on organizational structure(s) and how CCCC members are involved.
