In spring 2013, the college adopted a policy on writing instruction for the General Education curriculum and each major. As part of this policy, each department developed writing requirements for its ...

In a move aimed directly at improving undergraduate writing skills, the College of Arts and Sciences will revamp their writing program this fall, creating a new year-long seminar requirement, ...

Writing practice and instruction fosters higher order thinking and cultivates critical intellectual processes such as analyzing ideas, solving problems, and evaluating claims. Writing is a complex ...

In our first days at Princeton, every administrator and faculty member the Class of 2005 encountered told us we were special. We were brilliant. We were diverse. And we couldn't write. Though the ...

Writing at DePauw is taught across the curriculum on the assumption that skill in written communication is intimately connected with clear thinking in all subjects. We believe that writing is an ...

Yale University last week notified counselors who work with high school students that the university will no longer require applicants to complete the SAT essay or the ACT writing test. A memo Yale ...

From the early formation of letters to crafting an essay, writing involves perhaps more subskills than any other academic task. To write well requires combining multiple physical and mental processes ...