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How a first‑year university writing course for Indigenous students fostered skills and belonging

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 ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears

First-Year Writing Seminar

The one course all students take their first semester at Bowdoin is a First-Year Writing Seminar (FYWS). First-Year Writing Seminars balance significant intellectual work with instruction in writing ...
Michigan Technological University

First-Year Writing Program

As one of the earliest courses of study for most Huskies, UN 1015 Composition bridges students' reading, writing, and research skills developed prior to entering the university with those necessary ...

I'm a college admissions expert, and my students are struggling with basic literacy skills. Their college apps are suffering.

I've been a college admissions coach for two decades, but my current students lack basic reading and writing skills. I blame their screen time.
The Tufts Daily

Not all freshmen are ready for college writing

The easy "A" your Advanced Placement (AP) English teacher promised you'd get in college writing classes may not pan out as expected. While honors and AP English programs aim to give high-achieving ...
The Daily Princetonian

First-year Writing Seminars undergo curriculum overhaul to improve student experience

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 ...