The National Council of Teachers of English dissolved its 77-year-old composition association, triggering immediate backlash from members of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. CCССС representatives argued the organization remains vital for advancing composition research and improving classroom teaching, and they criticized the dissolution as weakening the field’s institutional support. The move also raises governance questions for higher education faculty associations that provide disciplinary infrastructure—especially in writing studies, where research dissemination and pedagogy communities often rely on stable umbrella structures. For faculty governance and program leaders, the dispute is a reminder that professional organization restructuring can quickly become a bargaining and legitimacy issue across the academy.