The Literacy Review - Gallatin School of Individualized Study - New ...

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The Gallatin School of Individualized Study, a small, innovative school
within New York University, began in 1970 and grew out of the educational
reform movements of the late 1960s. As a small college within a highly
regarded research institution, Gallatin provides the best of both worlds for its
1,200 undergraduates and 200 graduate students. In close consultation with
faculty academic advisors, students create their own curricula and unique
plans for learning, combining Gallatin’s own interdisciplinary courses with
more traditional courses in various schools of NYU; self-directed education
through independent studies; and experiential learning through internships at
New York City’s numerous institutions, businesses and arts organizations.
The Writing Program includes a curriculum of more than 30 courses each
semester; a Writing Center staffed by undergraduate Peer Writing Assistants; a
Guest Lecture Series; Writers in Progress and Gallatin Teachers Reading events,
at which members of the Gallatin community read their own works; The Gallatin
Review, an annual student literacy and visual arts magazine; and the Literacy
Project.
The Literacy Project is comprised of a Literacy in Action course (co-sponsored
by the Community Learning Initiative) that combines the study of the adult
literacy/ESOL field with volunteer work at four partner organizations (University
Settlement Society, Fortune Society, International Rescue Committee and
Turning Point Educational Center); a weekly writing class at University
Settlement Society; a writing class begun at International Rescue Committee;
publications of writing by adults, including The Literacy Review; and the annual,
free, all-day Literacy Review Workshops in Teaching Writing to Adults in Basic
Education, G.E.D. and ESOL Programs.
This summer, look for The Literacy Review, Volume 6 online at the Gallatin
website (www.nyu.edu/gallatin).
For further information and/or a free copy of The Literacy Review, e-mail
the Writing Program Director, June Foley: jaf3@nyu.edu