The common ingredient that I find in all the writing I admire ... is something that I shall reluctantly call the rhetorical stance, a stance which depends on discovering and maintaining in any writing situation a proper balance among the three elements that are at work in any communicative effort: the available argument about the subject itself, the interests and peculiarities of the audience, and the voice, the implied character of the speaker. I should like to suggest that it is this balance, this rhetorical stance, difficult as it is to describe, that is our main goal.-- Wayne Booth
Do colleges and universities need to change to accommodate students once excluded from the university? ("Mission Statements," Rich, Rose, hooks, Brooks, Hart)
Should colleges and universities emphasize a unified view of culture and the commonalities among people, or should they emphasize people's differences? (Newman, Rich, Rose, hooks,)
What is (and should be) the relationship between the college/university and society? (Newman, "Mission Statements," Spayde, Rich, Rose,)
What should be the relationship between teachers and students in the classroom? ("Mission Statements," Rose, Thomas, Hart)
In what ways is knowledge acquired, passed on, or made in college/university? Are some better than others? (Newman, "Mission Statements," Spayde, Rich, Rose, Hart)