NCTC English awarded for outstanding program
NCTC’s English department and its First-Year Composition Program has been announced as the winner of 2023 Diana Hacker TYCA Award for Outstanding Programs in English. This nationally-recognized award is the highest honor given to English departments at two-year colleges.
In 2017, the English department faculty worked together to develop its “Textbook Project”—writing its own textbook and course materials, developing online resources, hosting on-campus lecture events, and promoting faculty professional development. As a result, the English department has demonstrated impressive and sizable increases to student achievement and success over the past five years.
The Two-Year College Association recognized the NCTC English department at its 2023 TYCA Conference in February in Chicago, IL. A description of the award-winning program will be published in Teaching English in the Two-Year College, the national two-year college journal, and on the National TYCA website to honor the college and to share its “Textbook Project” with other colleges that may benefit.
