Making the Grade: Exploring and Explaining “Failure”

Session H.15

Area: Writing Programs · family: Writing programs and administration

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Patti Wojahn	New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM → New Mexico State University
Speakers	Laurie Churchill	New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM → New Mexico State University	Who’s Failing Whom? Programmatic Obstacles to Student Success and Voices from the ‘Failed’
Speakers	Patti Wojahn	New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM → New Mexico State University	Who’s Failing Whom? Programmatic Obstacles to Student Success and Voices from the ‘Failed’
Speakers	Elizabeth Hodges	Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA → Virginia Commonwealth University	Beneath the Behaviors: Explaining Failure Through Survey and Interview
Speakers	Dawn Shepherd	Boise State University, Boise, ID → Boise State University	Supporting Student Success: Retention, Engagement, and Students Who Repeat First-Year Writing Courses

Source

NCTE's program, near page 188 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Making the Grade: Exploring and Explaining “Failure”.” 2013 Convention Program, Las Vegas, session H.15. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.