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International WAC/ WID Mapping Project

Contacting Us

U.S. and Canada

If you have questions about this survey, please send email to:

Chris Thaiss, University of California at Davis cjthaiss@ucdavis.edu
or
Tara Porter, University of California at Davis
tsporter@ucdavis.edu

Outside U.S.
and Canada

If you have questions about the preliminary survey, please send email to:

Chris Thaiss, University of California at Davis cjthaiss@ucdavis.edu
or

Melissa Mack (graduate research assistant), University of California at Davis

mdmack@ucdavis.edu

Survey of Programs in Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in Disciplines (WID)

We would appreciate your taking a few minutes of your time to complete the following set of questions about the present or past involvement of your institution in WAC-related activities. This survey is being sent to almost all institutions of higher education in the U.S. and Canada, our aim to derive a fuller picture of WAC program activity than at any previous time. (A separate survey is being conducted among higher education institutions in other countries.) When survey results are published, they will help institutions and faculty understand trends in program design, emphasis, and administration.

As of June 2008, we have received almost 1300 responses to this survey.

If your institution has multiple campuses (and you feel that your responses vary across campuses), please contact Tara Porter at tsporter@ucdavis.edu

Does your institution have an initiative or program dedicated to student writing across disciplines, e.g., WAC or "writing in the disciplines" (WID)?

Yes
No

Did your institution have in the past an initiative or program dedicated to student writing across disciplines, e.g., WAC or "writing in the disciplines" (WID)?

Yes
No

Type of Institution:

Community College (cc)
Four-year College (4 yr)
M.A. -granting university (MA)
PhD - granting university (PhD)
other

If you said "yes," please complete the rest of the survey or give it to the most appropriate person.
If "no," does your institution have plans to begin such a program?

Yes
No

Comments?

Contact Information:

Contact name:

Title (e.g., director of.)

Department

Institution (required)

Address

Phone

Number of Students in Institution

Name(s) of Your WAC-relevant Program(s):

Web Address of Relevant Program(s):

1. Program leader primarily reports to:

Dept. Chair
College or Division Head
Academic VP
Other

2. Program category at present. (Check all that apply):

Writing across the curriculum (WAC)/writing in the disciplines
Writing and speaking across the curriculum (CAC)
WAC emphasis in writing center
WAC in course models
Other

3. Number of years program has been in existence:

Just starting
1-5 years
6-10 years
11-15 years
more than 15

4a. Number of years current director has led program:

4b. Course release for program leader. Course(s) per year:

4c. Academic rank of program leader:

Associate/Full Professor
Assistant Professor
Full-time, Non-tenure line
Administrative Faculty
Part-time, Non-tenure line
Other

5. Program emphases (check all that apply):

Writing and/or speaking to learn
Learning disciplinary conventions of writing and/or speaking
Preparing students for the workplace
Applying new technologies to learning
Critical thinking
Proficiency in standard written English
Other

6. Sources of program funding (check all that apply):

Internal-department
Internal-college or division
Internal-central administration
Internal-cross-colleges system
External-government agency
External-foundation or private donor
Other

7. Components of faculty development (check all that apply):

A faculty seminar
Faculty workshops
Follow-up interview or meeting with faculty
Informal but regular gatherings
Collaborative faculty research projects
Program-sponsored travel to conferences
In-house program-related publication(s)
Other

8. Participation in program by (check all that apply):

Writing center
Writing Fellows or TA's
An all-university writing and/or writing and speaking committee
Writing and/or writing and speaking committee with internal and external members
Technology support and instruction
Library/research instruction
Other

9. Importance of electronic technology in teaching in your program:

Important in the institution but not essential in your program
Important in the institution and essential in your program
Not important in the institution but essential in your program
Minimally or not important

10. Curricular elements of WAC program

	Now	At one time	None
WAC or CAC first-year composition course
Lower-division writing-intensive courses taught in other departments: (including first year seminars)
Upper-division writing-intensive courses taught by English Dept. or composition program faculty for students across disciplines
Upper-division writing-intensive courses taught in other departments
Writing classes attached to courses in other discipline
Other:

11. Program assessment (check all that apply):

Ongoing formal assessment by institutional committee
State or regional mandated assessment
Assessment explicitly targets student writing proficiency
Assessment explicitly targets faculty development components
Other

12. Comments (optional):

Thank you! Would you like to be notified of results when published?

Yes
No

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