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 ...
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 ...
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 ...