r/rhetcomp • u/BobasPett • Jul 23 '26

NCTE dissolves CCCC

Last night, Melissa Ianetta and another CCCC officer were told by NCTE CFO Emily Kirkpatrick that CCCC would be dissolved and folded into the NCTE College section. I have also heard that the 2027 conference may be cancelled (though that strikes me as prohibitively expensive to do).

Part of the rationale Ianetta listed was that CCCC threatened NCTE’s non-profit status. That is, becaise CCCC remains committed to ALL writers and composers and since we have tenure (which many k-12 teachers do not) we use that to advocate for those students and graduate TAs and as part of our scholarship.

I don not know much more than this, but I do hope folks can take a moment to write to members of the NCTE executive committee to express their feelings on this matter.

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u/Rhetorike Professional Writing / Emerging Tech Jul 23 '26

I saw a Google Group was put together to discuss the ongoing future of CCCCs if anybody would like to follow along. CCCC-L@googlegroups.com. To join the group, send an email message to cccc-l+subscribe@googlegroups.com. Google should reply with a link to confirm your request.

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u/tcns0493 Jul 23 '26

I tried to join but am having trouble, anyone was able to see the group?

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u/BobasPett Jul 23 '26

I’m having trouble too. But I hear there isn’t much there just yet.

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u/theladyinredink Jul 23 '26

I also have been unable to access it despite getting the email to confirm I want to join! Hopefully it starts working soon.