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| WPA: Writing Program… | 2 |
| American Association for… | 1 |
| Writing Center Journal | 1 |
| Writing Program Administration | 1 |
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| Guides - Non-Classroom | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
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| Practitioners | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWPA: Writing Program Administration, 1994
Reports on the guidelines governing the formation and operation of affiliates of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators. (HB)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Guidelines, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWallace, Ray – Writing Center Journal, 1988
Describes the implementation of a writing across the curriculum program at one university's writing center. Discusses solutions to counter the strains placed on the center by this additional program. (MM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Administration, Program Implementation, Theory Practice Relationship
White, Edward M. – American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, 1990
This short 3-page article presents four examples of innovative higher education programs that failed because the ideas were imported from other institutions without understanding the substructures that were needed for success. In the first case study, a Writing Across the Curriculum program was implemented through writing-intensive courses…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Innovation, Failure, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFulwiler, Toby – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1989
Describes the mechanics of workshops designed to introduce new ideas about teaching with writing to instructors in all subject areas. Focuses on: leader qualities; workshop content; and logistics (setting, size, time, and equipment). (MM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Process Approach (Writing), Program Administration
Roy, Alice M. – Writing Program Administration, 1988
Argues that the writing program serving second-language writers requires the following: a program and courses that provide and use social context for writing and language development; teachers who know about both writing and language; and assessment that takes into account principles of language acquisition and literacy development. (JK)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
