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Journal of Basic Writing

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The Journal of Basic Writing is a refereed journal founded in 1975 by Mina Shaughnessy and is published twice a year with support from the Office of Academic Affairs of the City University of New York. Basic writing, a contested term, refers to the field concerned with teaching writing to students not yet deemed ready for first-year composition. Originally, these students were part of the wave of open admissions students who poured into universities as a result of the social unrest of the 1960s and the resulting reforms. Though social and political realities have changed since then, the presence of "basic writers" in colleges and universities and the debates over how best to serve them persist. JBW publishes articles related to basic and second-language writing as well as freshman writing transitions. Articles exploring the social, political, and pedagogical questions related to educational access are the core of JBW's history and mission.

Coverage: 1975-2016 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 35, No. 1)

Moving Wall: 2 years (What is the moving wall?)

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Note: In calculating the moving wall, the current year is not counted.
For example, if the current year is 2008 and a journal has a 5 year moving wall, articles from the year 2002 are available.

Terms Related to the Moving Wall: Fixed walls: Journals with no new volumes being added to the archive.; Absorbed: Journals that are combined with another title.; Complete: Journals that are no longer published or that have been combined with another title.

ISSN: 01471635

Subjects: Education, Humanities, Language & Literature, Social Sciences

Collections: Arts & Sciences XIV Collection

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