This fall, thanks to receiving a high score on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam, hundreds of thousands of incoming freshmen are going to dodge their college or university’s ...

Educators who teach first-year writing courses need to use their leverage to ensure students arrive on campus with skills that match expectations, writes Daniel M. Gross What is college-level writing?

1 World Ready Language Track (WR track) requires successful completion of a two course sequence in a World Language (depending on placement) and three approved ...

It’s not every day that a college freshman has an essay accepted for publication. And it’s even rarer to have an essay accepted for publication into The Norton Field Guide to Writing, a well-known and ...

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Writing at DePauw is taught across the curriculum on the assumption that skill in written communication is intimately connected with clear thinking in all subjects. We believe that writing is an ...

The easy "A" your Advanced Placement (AP) English teacher promised you'd get in college writing classes may not pan out as expected. While honors and AP English programs aim to give high-achieving ...

First-Year Writing courses at UMass Lowell are designed to develop students’ abilities to use writing in their current and future work and lives. While in these courses, students learn about how ...

Last semester, I approached my CORE 111 writing seminar class with apprehension. I had always heard how ruthless college writing courses could be. I expected unachievable grading standards, especially ...

The skill of boiling down ideas into concise, compelling communications is crucial to success in many careers and workplaces. That’s why professors should consider designing writing assignments that ...