Education: Math and basic writing courses blossom for students bright enough to be admitted but deficient in some skills. Public schools are blamed.

This article presents the results of three comparative analyses on forty-seven student papers in order to examine the effectiveness of a basic writing course in developing students' academic writer ...

First-Year Writing Program Department of English and Philosophy Learning Outcomes The First-Year Writing Program teaches undergraduate students to communicate effectively and engage in self-directed ...

Students no longer need a required first-year writing course if AI can write for them, Melissa Nicolas argues.

Enrollment: Students who don’t demonstrate proficiency are referred to a basic writing course at community colleges, or they can take an on-campus course taught by community college instructors ...

The Writing Program offered by Saint Louis University’s Department of English teaches the fundamentals of persuasive composition. The program's courses provide students with foundational knowledge of ...

English majors with a concentration in creative writing must satisfy the requirements for the major, including an introductory-level and an advanced-level creative writing course in a single genre ...

First-year students in a required English composition class at the University of Delaware have gone far beyond the basic description of the introductory course, writing essays arguing for social ...

The Core Writing Program at the University of Nevada, Reno offers a series of first-year writing courses designed to meet the needs of incoming students.

The English department offers a variety of Composition courses at different levels from basic grammar and usage to advanced research-based writing. These courses are intended to give students control ...

There’s always more to do when you teach basic writing courses. Where’s the pleasure in that?

Margaret E. Weaver, Kailyn Shartel Hall, Tracey A. Glaessgen, Challenging Assumptions about Basic Writers and Corequisites at Four-Year Institutions, Journal of Basic Writing, Vol. 41, No. 1/2 (Spring ...