Rutgers English Department to deemphasize traditional grammar 'in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

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8. The new program will actually shift the focus back to grammar.

"This [new] approach challenges the familiar dogma that writing instruction should limit emphasis on grammar/sentence-level issues."

https://english.rutgers.edu/news-events/department/5875-department-actions-in-solidarity-with-black-lives-matter.html

This is a meaningful step forward in Rutgers' Graduate Writing Program whose goal is to prepare emerging scholars (from many disciplines and myriad English language backgrounds) to better understand and observe the conventions of academic writing with a view towards facilitating future publication.