WAC Basics | Standards for Writing | WI Courses
Program Websites | WAC Quality Enhancement Plans
1. “An Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum”
http://wac.colostate.edu/intro/. FAQ-style guide from the WAC Clearinghouse, a resource site for WAC (http://wac.colostate.edu/). The questions address common concerns about adopting WAC methods, such as, “Why include writing in my course?” and “Do I have to be an expert in grammar?”
2. "Writing Across the Curriculum: An Introduction" by Susan McLeod http://wac.colostate.edu/books/
mcleod_soven/chapter1.pdf from McLeod, Susan H., and Soven, Margot. 2000. Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs. WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies: http://wac.colostate.edu/aw/books/mcleod_soven/
3. “Writing Across the Curriculum”
http://cwp.missouri.edu/cwpinfo/aboutwac.htm. Concise overview of the WAC movement by Martha A. Townsend for the Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts, Alan C. Purves, ed. (National Council of Teachers of English, Volume II, 1994, pp. 1299–1302).
4. “The Cutting Edge: At Clemson, Students Are Not Taught Just to Write, But to Speak, Draw and E-mail Too”
http://www.clemson.edu/special/publiccollege/fromtime.pdf. Time/Princeton Review 2-page article recognizing Clemson University as the 2001 “College of the Year” for its Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC) program.
5. “Writing in the Disciplines: What We Know about Teaching and Learning”
http://www.udel.edu/ums/udlive/bernhardt-hi.ram. A 51-minute streaming media presentation by Stephen Bernhardt, the University of Delaware’s Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr. Chair in Writing. An excellent presentation on the institutional, developmental, and disciplinary causes of “bad writing” followed by recommendations on how to improve writing instruction at the postsecondary level.
6. U.S. News "Writing in the Disciplines" Program Rankings http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/
brief/acadprogs/acadprogs08_brief.php
Standards for Writing/Communicating
National Council of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org
- Learning through Language: ... in all Disciplines
- Research Based Policy Statements on Writing
- Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
- NCTE Position Statements by Category
National Commission on Writing http://www.writingcommission.org/
Accrediting Associations
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Forms and Criteria (3.G "ability to communicate effectively")
Clemson: Pearce Center for Professional Communication http://www.clemson.edu/caah/pearce/
NC State: Campus Writing and Speaking Program http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/CWSP/
George Mason: Writing Across the Curriculum Program http://wac.gmu.edu/
LSU: Communication Across the Curriculum Program http://appl003.lsu.edu/acadaff/cxcweb.nsf/index
University of Hawai'i Mānoa Writing Program
http://mwp01.mwp.hawaii.edu
National Network of WAC List of Programs
http://wac.gmu.edu/national/other.html
WAC Clearinghouse List of Program Descriptions http://wac.colostate.edu/programs/
Columbus State University http://sacs.colstate.edu/qep/CSUQEPcdversion1-23-2006.pdf
Judson College http://intranet.judson.edu/judsoncollege/
UserFiles/FINALQEP2-14-05.pdf
Texas A&M http://www.tamiu.edu/sacs/pdf/QEP-Final.pdf
