Since the launch of ChatGPT in November, many faculty members in higher education have been worried about how use of the artificial intelligence text generator will harm student learning. Headlines ...

This fall, thanks to receiving a high score on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam, hundreds of thousands of incoming freshmen are going to dodge their college or university’s ...

Academic writing courses have historically served as a kind of gate-keeping measure. In North America and other settler colonial societies, such courses have traditionally imparted skills and ...

The first-year writing program at Western Michigan University consists of three courses that are designed to provide students with important academic writing skills and, more generally, to contribute ...

Most directly admitted first year students at RIT will be advised to enroll in a section of First Year Writing (UWRT 150). Students who have approved transfer credit for a first year writing course, ...

In an age of AI-assisted writing, is it important for university students to learn how to write? We believe it is now more than ever. In the writing classroom, students get the time and help they need ...

The First-year Writing Seminar Program, a core requirement for first-year students, has undergone changes to its curriculum for the 2024–25 school year. This new curriculum will feature two main ...

The seminars provide small class settings where students can engage with a particular topic, a professor, and their peers. Each fall, Bowdoin offers over thirty-five first-year writing seminars on ...

First-Year Writing Seminars (FYWS) are small classes (16 students max) that meet twice a week. For many people, they are also one of the most memorable academic experiences of their four years at ...

One of Smith’s strengths is its open curriculum, where students are agents of their curricular experience. Because writing is so central to intellectual growth and accomplishment, the college does ...

First-year seminars at DePauw University are the cornerstone of a student's initial academic experience, offering a unique blend of intellectual exploration and skill development. These small, ...