Carl Straumsheim’s Inside Higher Ed article summarizes and highlights the newly released National Census of Writing, a comprehensive data-based survey of writing at national two-and four-year public and not-for-profit institutions. The researchers offer open access to the data, which includes contributions from the 2014-2015 George Mason WAC program team. Data was collected from 900 colleges, and the survey is the most comprehensive survey of its kind. We are eager to learn from this new report, which makes writing instruction trends clear on a national level.
Read the full article here: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/20/national-census-writing-releases-survey-results