"This reader asks students to engage with a number of recent concerns raised in the public sphere. Its contribution is unique in that it asks students to use the tools they are learning in the university — critical thinking, close reading, and lucid writing — to construct intelligent, articulate arguments that might be of interest to a broader literate public ‘beyond’ the university."
— John Champagne, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
"Emerging immerses students in key issues of global interest today, asking them to explore connections across disciplines, in-depth, by reading detailed passages from an assortment of expert voices. The readings and apparatus treat students as an educated audience, fully capable of producing complex arguments."
— Lindsay Lewan, Arapahoe Community College
"Engaging students and helping them see the relevance between what they read in class and what they experience in society is critical for effective learning. The selections are fresh and original, and I think that my students would enjoy reading them.
— Barbara B. Booker, Pasco-Hernando Community College
"Emerging brings together a series of lively, complex thinkers whose multidisciplinary approaches to global problem-solving serve as models for the types of inquiry, evaluation, and synthesis that we want to inculcate in first-year students. The sequences and assignments ask students to draw meaningful connections among their own writing, the larger discourse within the academy, and the international marketplace of ideas."
— Gina Maranto, University of Miami
"This innovative book prepares students for the complex task of critical thinking in the modern world."
— Roberta Stagnaro, San Diego State University
"Emerging is an exciting addition to the catalog of readers for the composition classroom…the selections are well-chosen, apt, clear, not patronizing, not dumbed down, ambitious, challenging, rewarding, necessary!"
— Jill Onega, Calhoun Community College