Re: WE WANT INFORMATION!

[z_robertsomt@TITAN.SFASU.EDU]

I have it from a reliable source that McLeod and Sovin did a study on the
number of institutions using WAC programs and arrived at roughly a 50%
margin. This article should be available through ERIC, although I'm
drawing blank as to the title. Hope this helps!

micah robertson
sfasu





On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Joan I Hawthorne wrote:

> In response to the question about percentages of universities w/ WAC
> programs:  
> 
> Unless someone has done recent research that directly answers this
> question, the best resource might be the membership directory of the
> National Network of Writing Across the Curriculum Programs.  This wouldn't
> give a percentage, but it is a list of hundreds of colleges,
> universities, and secondary schools across the United States (probably
> elsewhere too) that have WAC in some form.  By scanning list entries, you
> can see how long WAC has been in effect at each institution and what kinds
> of materials are available about each proram (which won't directly assist
> you on this project -- there wouldn't be time to review all of this by
> Wednesday).  
> 
> Chris Thaiss at George Mason University has produced and updated the
> directory most years, and I think he's still at it (although he is now
> chair of the English Department there, I believe, so I'm not sure how
> involved he is in WAC at the moment). Barbara Walvoord, Lex Runciman, Sue
> McLeod, and several others have been on the national board, and they would
> be sources of information too.  But, for your purposes, membership
> directory information might be most useful.  I don't have contact
> information for Chris, but I'm sure you can track down phone and e-mail
> addresses for him at George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Joan Hawthorne
> Univ. of North Dakota
> 
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