This is the first part in a two-part series about Penn’s Critical Writing Seminar. As the only required class for all undergraduates, the Critical Writing Seminar is widely considered a rite of ...

In an effort to conserve paper, writing seminars have been becoming progressively more digitized, with students even submitting end-of-course portfolios digitally. But for many students, these efforts ...

Writing seminars are god-awful. Flat-out terrible. I’m not going to fight that, but I’m of the opinion that they’re a necessary part of Princeton. Hear me out: The hatred everybody has for writing sem ...

This is a guest post by Derek Bruff, assistant director at the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and senior lecturer in mathematics at Vanderbilt. You can follow Derek on Twitter (@derekbruff) ...

Earlier today I wrote about the New York Times expose concerning the grading of a student seminar paper at the University of Florida. I've now had a chance to read the paper. First, from a technical ...

With their required seminars behind them, half of University freshmen are now better writers — maybe better than the sophomores. The University revamped its undergraduate writing requirement last fall ...

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 ...

Support of Undergraduate Research & Creative Endeavors (SOURCE) will offer seminars to help students prepare for Intersections, Research ShowCASE and the Celebration of Student Writing and Research. A ...