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 ...

Academic writing courses have historically served as a kind of gate-keeping measure. In North America and other settler colonial societies, such courses have traditionally imparted skills and ...

The first-year writing program at Western Michigan University consists of three courses that are designed to provide students with important academic writing skills and, more generally, to contribute ...

fulfills the writing requirement for all College of Arts and Sciences students. This writing requirement is part of the College of Arts and Sciences Essentials requirements, which build upon WMU ...

In the fall of 1997, hundreds of Harvard first-years were offered what seemed like a simple bargain: fill out a survey about ...

In an age of AI-assisted writing, is it important for university students to learn how to write? We believe it is now more than ever. In the writing classroom, students get the time and help they need ...

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November, many faculty members in higher education have been worried about how use of the artificial intelligence text generator will harm student learning. Headlines ...

The seminars provide small class settings where students can engage with a particular topic, a professor, and their peers. Each fall, Bowdoin offers over thirty-five first-year writing seminars on ...

First-Year Writing Seminars (FYWS) are small classes (16 students max) that meet twice a week. For many people, they are also one of the most memorable academic experiences of their four years at ...

One of Smith’s strengths is its open curriculum, where students are agents of their curricular experience. Because writing is so central to intellectual growth and accomplishment, the college does ...

The First-Year Writing Seminar fulfills the core requirement in Writing. Designed as a workshop in which each student develops a portfolio of personal and academic writing, the writing seminar ...

First-year seminars at DePauw University are the cornerstone of a student's initial academic experience, offering a unique blend of intellectual exploration and skill development. These small, ...