Discusses the development of Guilford College's writing guide. Discusses benefits of the guide: it offers important information and resources; it promotes a common language about writing; it articulates common standards; and it provides the entire college with ownership of the writing enterprise. (RS)

Takes into account how oppositional response to writing reform can represent both "positive" and "negative" behavior. Illustrates reasons for and forms of faculty resistance to writing across the curriculum that arose during a summer seminar and the ensuing semester. (RS)

Argues that faculty writing groups are the single most effective way to change faculty attitudes about writing and to build support for writing across the curriculum. Discusses challenges facing colleges or universities that decide to develop a writing program across the disciplines. (RS)

Describes the transformation of a writing program at a small Canadian university from a subdivision of the English department into a separate, interdisciplinary Centre for Academic Writing. Describes the origins of the program and recounts the processes of review and transition the program underwent. Notes how curricular and…

Discusses two danger signs for writing across the curriculum (WAC) program survival, dealing with their cross-curricular structure, and their heavy dependence on just one person for their health and continuation. Outlines two cases from the history of writing instruction at the University of Michigan providing a precautionary tale for both kinds…

Overviews the 20-year history of the English Composition Board at the University of Michigan, an independent unit directed by a policy board until it was effectively ended by being placed under the English Department in 1997. Describes its early cooperative and later collaborative approach to management style. Argues efforts to institutionalize…