I''m not aware of the situation in other nations but in Victoria, a state of Australia, creative writing disciplines in TAFES and Universities are being colonised by ''bureaucratic thinking'' and ''business speak'' agendas imposed by governments and exponents of ''neoliberalsim''. The issue has come to a head with alterations to a popular course in writing which used to have a large creative writing component. If you feel like supporting the creative writers of Australia''s future click on the link below and read the discussions etc before perhaps signing ... perhaps creative writing education, indeed arts education generally, in your nation is also experiencing these kinds of ''neo-liberal'' ''bureaucratisation'' pressures!
See also the recent article in the Bendigo Weekly re: consequences of curriculum changes to Victorian PWE students interested in creative writing streams: Bendigo Weekly Click here, by Rosemary Sorensen, December 2010.
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