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Writing Programs Outside the English Department: An Assessment of a Five-Year Program.

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McMullen, Judith Q.; Wellman, J. Douglas – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1990

Evaluates the effectiveness of a writing improvement program outside the English department. Finds that the program prepared students for writing on the job. Considers changes in the writing program to make it a true writing-across-the-curriculum program. (RS)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Improvement

Writing across the Curriculum: Transforming the Academy?

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Cornell, Cynthia; Klooster, David J. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1990

Discusses why, despite successes in other universities, some writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs are struggling to survive. Discusses faulty assumptions about WAC and competing priorities within the university. Concludes that WAC forces institutions to reexamine their identity. (RS)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Faculty, Higher Education