The WAC Clearinghouse is an open-access publishing collaborative that is supported by the efforts of more than 200 scholars who serve in various editorial roles, including as journal and book series editors, editorial staff, reviewers, and editorial board members. It is widely regarded as the leading website supporting the use of writing and speaking in courses across the curriculum. The Clearinghouse publishes articles and books of interest to both the writing-across-the-curriculum community and the larger writing studies community, provides a wide range of web-based resources for instructors who wish to use writing in their courses, and supports research in the use of writing to support learning and teaching. In the past year, the Clearinghouse recorded more than 3.4 million visits to the site from roughly 1.5 million distinct visitors and saw more than 3 million documents (primarily books, book chapters, and articles) downloaded.
The Clearinghouse was founded in 1997 to provide open access to teaching resources and scholarly publications. As an open-access publisher, the Clearinghouse is dedicated to providing barrier- and cost-free access to scholarly work, including journals and journal articles, monographs, edited collections, conference proceedings, and professional and pedagogical resources. Over more than two decades, the members of the Clearinghouse publishing collaborative have developed approaches to publishing that have significantly reduced the cost of publishing scholarly work while maintaining standards that put our journals and books among the top in the field of writing studies.
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We invite submissions that support our mission from all people, regardless of institutional affiliation or disciplinary background.
Recognizing the importance of ethical behavior throughout the publication process, the WAC Clearinghouse is committed to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions.
The WAC Clearinghouse, an international publishing collaborative, is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
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View a list of more than 2,700 scholars who have contributed to a Clearinghouse book series or to a journal associated with the Clearinghouse and follow links to their work.
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Members of the Publications Review Board serve as peer-reviewers for our book series.
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The WAC Clearinghouse will issue statements on matters that impact educational practices as well as the free flow of information and ideas.
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