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Does a Writing Program Make a Difference? A Ten-Year Comparison of Faculty Attitudes about Writing.

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Olds, Barbara M. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1990

Examines faculty attitudes toward student writing. Finds a number of positive changes in faculty attitudes about writing after the implementation of an interdisciplinary program designed to improve students' communication skills. (RS)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Program Effectiveness

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