We introduce an approach to winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships based on narrative and plot... more We introduce an approach to winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships based on narrative and plot theory. Success rates for participants at one university were 4X that of nonparticipants. To serve more students, we developed a method of training writing center consultants to support applicants. The method makes use of rhetorical concepts familiar to consultants, such that people without disciplinary knowledge can still coach effectively. We conclude with thoughts about the applicability of the method to train writing consultants to support faculty research proposals.
The authors trace the development of the motion picture and television production industry's ... more The authors trace the development of the motion picture and television production industry's three-tier compensation scheme, showing how incremental solutions to unanticipated problems broadly transformed labor relations by changing key institutional relationships. This example, they argue, demonstrates that a fundamental transformation in the union-employer relationship need not originate in high-level strategic planning, and may represent hope for the survival of collective bargaining in other industries.
We introduce an approach to winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships based on narrative and plot... more We introduce an approach to winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships based on narrative and plot theory. Success rates for participants at one university were 4X that of nonparticipants. To serve more students, we developed a method of training writing center consultants to support applicants. The method makes use of rhetorical concepts familiar to consultants, such that people without disciplinary knowledge can still coach effectively. We conclude with thoughts about the applicability of the method to train writing consultants to support faculty research proposals.
The authors trace the development of the motion picture and television production industry's ... more The authors trace the development of the motion picture and television production industry's three-tier compensation scheme, showing how incremental solutions to unanticipated problems broadly transformed labor relations by changing key institutional relationships. This example, they argue, demonstrates that a fundamental transformation in the union-employer relationship need not originate in high-level strategic planning, and may represent hope for the survival of collective bargaining in other industries.
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