Generative Intersections: Supporting Honors through College Composition

Authors

Heather C. Camp, Minnesota State University, MankatoFollow

Date of this Version

2014

Document Type

Article

Citation

Published in Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, Fall/Winter 2014, Volume 15, Number 2.

Comments

Copyright © 2014 by the National Collegiate Honors Council.

Abstract

Given the current emphasis on acceleration toward graduation, common sense might seem to argue against First-Year Composition (FYC) as a compelling course offering in an honors curriculum. Many honors students enter college with significant college credit: Advanced Placement and dual enrollment programs allow students to fulfill their first-year college writing requirement and other lower-division requirements before leaving high school. These programs are flourishing. The number of students taking an AP exam in high school has nearly doubled in ten years, with over a million high school graduates taking an AP exam in 2013. That year, 58% of English Language and Composition AP test-takers and 55% of the English Literature and Composition cohort earned a 3 or better on the exam (College Board).