The prize honors Professor Emerita Dr. Bernadine P. Carlson, who joined Western Michigan University’s Department of English in 1953. During her thirty-three-year tenure at Western Michigan University, ...
As a rhetoric and writing studies major or minor, you’ll design a program of study that fits your interests and needs. After completing Introduction to Professional Writing, you’ll fulfill your degree ...
Academics may have finally pinpointed the predecessor to humanity’s first written language. Three researchers from the University of Bologna contributed to this longstanding debate in the latest issue ...
A recent study found that students who write essays without using AI tools such as ChatGPT generate a far wider range of ...
Recent results from an assessment known as the Nation's Report Card found scores in U.S. history and civics among eighth graders across the country declined compared to previous assessments. Among ...
The Major Writing Requirement is a writing assignment done as an extra part of a course. The assignment is designed so you can practice your writing and get instructor feedback. This will help shape ...
It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to ...
Professional economists research, collect data, analyze, apply models—and, of course, they write. That’s true across the social sciences. Social studies without writing would be like math without ...
The quality of your writing will likely get better if you simply type slower, according to a recent study. Researchers asked study participants to type essays using both hands or with only one. Using ...