Discusses the problems and benefits arising from a series of faculty workshops and a writing across the curriculum program. (MM)

Examines the long-term effects of the 1980 Virginia Tech Faculty Writing Workshop, a writing across the curriculum workshop that trained teachers from a variety of disciplines to use writing as a means of teaching their disciplines. Shows writing across the curriculum programs work, but that teaching through writing does require increased time and…

A case study examined the implementation of a schoolwide writing program established in a California middle school through a district sponsored school improvement program (SIP). Conducted at an urban sprawl southern California school of approximately 900 students in grades seven and eight, the program was directed and implemented by the English…

To evaluate the efficacy of faculty seminars for writing across the curriculum given for the instructors at Robert Morris College (Pennsylvania), an examination of the instructors' verbal protocols was conducted. Eleven faculty members from a variety of disciplines who participated in the 45 hour-long seminars and eight who did not participate…

Intended to complement two other summaries about writing across the curriculum at Gallaudet College for deaf students, this report describes the first academic year of the college's writing across the curriculum program (WAC), detailing various instructors' projects and their personal opinions about the program, as well as how the students felt…