How will joining the CSWC benefit our WAC / WID program(s)?
CSWC results will enable writing-across-the-curriculum and writing-in-the-discipline programs to learn about the writing students do and the ways faculty assign and support writing. This information can help formulate objectives and devise workshops, consultations, and other services that will help faculty across the curriculum more effectively. By analyzing the data from students in different majors, different sexes, and the like, WAC/WID programs can target their programs to specific groups of faculty and specific topics. By comparing the results from its students with the results from other consortium schools, WAC/WID programs may find evidence of their success or of a need for more support that they can present to their internal funding sources. Individual departments and colleges can use the CSWC data to better understand the writing practices of their undergraduates. Individual departments, colleges, and other units can isolate the data for their students and examine their writin
