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Building on Realities: WAC Programs at Community Colleges.

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Stout, Barbara R.; Magnotto, Joyce N. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991

Presents results of a survey of 121 community colleges with active writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs, focusing on basic program features (e.g., longevity, program administration, funding, WAC workshops, student support, and curricular changes), benefits of WAC, and possible impediments to WAC. (DMM)

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Faculty Development, National Surveys

Writing-Across-the-Curriculum at Union County College.

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Barnes, Marjorie – 1999

This paper offers a model for Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC), for faculty and students at Union County College (UCC). The paper summarizes the history of WAC at UCC, which was introduced at the college in 1978, but did not become institutionalized. It also explores faculty views on the teaching of writing and the role of writing in the…

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Program Design, Program Development

Writing across the Curriculum in Community Colleges. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 73.

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Stanley, Linda C., Ed.; Ambron, Joanna, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991

Designed to assist program planners and administrators at community colleges in initiating a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program or determining the future direction of one already in existence, this sourcebook provides 15 articles on various aspects of WAC theory and practice. The following articles are included: (1) "History of WAC and…

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach