[wac] WAC/WID Survey - Please visit our link to complete survey

[Ken Petri]

Apologies for this posting. The person who sent it has been written to
and informed of the mistake. In this case, WAC is NOT writing across
the curriculum, but Web Accessibility Center.

Thanks,
ken
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  Ken Petri
  Director, OSU Web Accessibility Center
  102 Pomerene Hall
  1760 Neil Avenue
  Columbus, Ohio  43210
  (614) 292-1760
  mailto:petri.1 at osu.edu
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On 3/2/07, Tara Porter <tsporter at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> March 2, 2007
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> In early 2006, we began research to answer the following: how many US
> and Canadian institutions have/have had some form of a
> writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) initiative, and what forms do these
> efforts take? You may recall this request, which was published on the
> Writing Program Administrators listserv (WPA-L) and the
> writing-across-the-curriculum listserv (WAC-L). Some 110 institutions
> replied at that time.
>
> We are attempting to reach every institution of higher education in this
> survey in order to give responsible answers to these frequently-asked
> questions. If you have not already completed the survey, we would
> appreciate your answering the following:
>
> http://writingprogram.ucdavis.edu/survey.htm
>
>
> It will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete the survey.
>
> If you are not the best person at your institution to complete the
> survey, PLEASE forward it to the correct respondent.
>
> While we would appreciate you completing the entire survey, it is
> especially important that you answer these questions: "Does your
> institution have, or has it had in the past, an initiative or program
> dedicated to student writing across disciplines (e.g., WAC or WID)?" and
> "If 'no,' does your institution have plans to begin such a program?"
>
> This is the first time so comprehensive a survey of
> writing-across-the-curriculum involvement has been attempted, and the
> first time in ten years for any national survey of
> writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) and writing-in-the-disciplines (WID)
> initiatives. Every institution that is considering beginning or
> modifying a WAC/WID component will benefit from these results.  If you
> wish to be notified of the results of this survey, please so indicate on
> the survey.
>
> We appreciate in advance your participation in this important research.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Thaiss and Tara Porter
> WAC/WID Mapping Project
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