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 ...
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 ...
The Conversation

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 ...
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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

Eliminate the Required First-Year Writing Course

Let’s get this out of the way immediately: I have a Ph.D. in English, more specifically, in rhetoric and composition. My decades of academic life have been occupied by the study and teaching of ...