Report of the University Council Committee to Examine the Undergraduate Writing Program (Draft)
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Title
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Report of the University Council Committee to Examine the Undergraduate Writing Program (Draft)
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Type
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Report
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Creator
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Floyd Brandt, Richard Cherwitz, Melissa Collie, Donald Davis, Lester Faigley, Wallace Fowler, Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth, Deborah Morrison, Michael Starbird
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Date
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1994
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Description
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The "Fowler" report about undergraduate writing instruction across the university and the Substantial Writing Component initiative. A draft of the Fowler report without appendices
The report that many of the problems in SWC courses located in the 1987 report persist: decentralized, variable quality, not enough feedback on students’ writing, some departments not offering enough SWC courses and others making up the balance, limited resources The committee offers several recommendations to address these concerns.
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Subject
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Substantial Writing Component initiative