December 19, 2023Writing Stylishly in SoTL: The Gospel According to Helen Swordby Jennie GoforthThere is endless advice out there on how to write well. Some of this advice seems universal, and some of it varies a great deal, depending on the audience, purpose, and context for your writing. Academic writing brings its own…
October 9, 2023Lifewide Writing in Collegeby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 3 In a 2021 survey of recent U.S. college graduates, conducted by the Elon Poll and the Center for Engaged Learning, 94% of participants indicated that writing was somewhat or very important…
September 11, 2023Preparing for Workplace Writingby Jessie L. Moore and Sydni BrownMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 1 In a 2021 national survey of recent college graduates in the U.S., young professionals indicated that writing was very important to their daily lives, but only 80% reported developing the writing…
July 13, 2022Coding Participant Drawing in Writing Beyond the University Researchby Jenn Mallette and J. Michael RifenburgIn a previous blog post, Paula Rosinski detailed steps for coding visuals in writing beyond the university research. We take up Rosinki’s guidance in this post and detail how we coded participant drawing in our writing beyond the university research….
May 17, 2022Writing Transitions Between Academic and Professional Settingsby Jessie L. MooreThis is the sixth blog post in a series featuring the scholarship of research teams who participated in the CEL 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This blog post showcases a multi-institutional…
May 4, 2022Navigating Workplace Writing as a New Professionalby Jessie L. MooreThis is the fifth blog post in a series featuring the scholarship of research teams who participated in the CEL 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This blog post showcases a multi-institutional…
July 19, 2021Going (Green) Rogue: Studying Non-Obligatory Writing, Neglected Writing Spaces, and Underrepresented Writersby Paula RosinskiThis is the fourth blog post in a series featuring the ongoing scholarship of each research team participating in the CEL 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This blog post features research…
May 11, 2021The Concept of “Controlling Spheres” and Complicating Assumptions about Student Writersby Paula RosinskiThis is the third blog post in a series featuring the ongoing scholarship of each research team participating in the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This…
April 6, 2021Writing Transfer and Work-Integrated Learning: A Productive Alignmentby Julia BleakneyIn this blog series, we feature the ongoing scholarship of each research team participating in the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This blog post features research…
March 23, 2021How Alumni Writers Define Writing Success and Negotiate Writing in the Workplaceby Julia BleakneyThis post is the first in a series in which we feature the ongoing scholarship of each research team participating in the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and…