Links to WAC programs at Universities & Colleges

This webpage provides links to institutions that successfully implement different models of WAC and offer resources for faculty who want to enhance their courses with carefully though-out writing tasks.

To begin:

· WAC Clearinghouse—This is the first site anyone interested in WAC should look; an excellent resource for online books, WAC research, listservs, updated links to WAC programs, and much more

· Purdue University—The Online Writing Lab at Purdue leads the nation in useful handouts and other sources for writing

· International Writing Centers Association—The international information repository for writing center work, this site offers tips on starting up a writing center, sources for training tutors, updated schedules of conferences, chat sites, etc.

· National Writing Project—This site provides comprehensive information about the most effective national professional development program in writing instruction for primary and secondary teachers. PDF files on back issues of the NWP Quarterly are especially helpful.

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Other helpful sites:

• California State University - Sacramento—annual WAC conference
• Clemson University—groundbreaking in its work with technology
• Eastern Illinois University—check out the electronic portfolio requirement
• Eastern Michigan University—writing fellows model; helpful list of WAC resources
• George Mason University—cited as one of the best programs in the nation
• Georgetown University—strong symposium for faculty; fine resource for writing in nursing
• Iowa State AgComm—well-developed list of links to teaching strategies
• Malaspina University - College—useful description of WAC principles
• Marquette University—well-detailed descriptions of writing in the arts and sciences
• Marshall University—look at the WAC manual, join the blog
• Maryland Community College Consortium for Teaching Reasoning—comprehensive bibliography
• Middlesex Community College—notable for its links to discipline-specific writing guidelines
• North Carolina State University—integrates writing and speaking; fully developed program
• Princeton University—good article on Sommers’ study on the importance of written response
• Swarthmore College—helpful descriptions of cross-disciplinary conventions in writing
• Temple University—handbook for writing-intensive courses, response guidelines, more
• University of California - Santa Barbara—extensive links to online sources
• University of Hawaii at Manoa—thorough and unusually rich with handouts and support materials
• University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign—home of WAC-L, international WAC listserv
• University of Minnesota—particularly useful information on designing syllabi, responding
• University of Missouri - Columbia—exceptional model; useful faculty guide and sample assignments
• University of Pittsburgh—well-annotated bibliographies on WAC
• University of Richmond –“Writer’s Web” especially rich with cross-disciplinary writing advice
• Washington State University Critical Thinking Project—known for its campus-wide portfolio assessment
• Wright State University—check the faculty guidebook, concise and well-conceived