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NSSE Results Released on November 10 Provide Opportunity to Promote Writing in Your Local Context

On November 10, 2008, USA TODAY online and Inside Higher Ed publicized new results from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) that you can use to promote writing and the services of your WAC/WID program on your campus in you area.

USA TODAY reports, “When courses provide extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities, the NSSE report found, students engage in a variety of positive activities. They are more likely to analyze, synthesize and integrate ideas from various sources. They grapple more with course ideas both in and out of the classroom. And they report greater personal, social, practical and academic development.”

The USA TODAY and Inside Higher Ed articles are based on information in the NSSE's 2008 Annual Report [PDF].

The following resources may help you use these NSSE results to your advantage in your own context.

  • Suggestions for developing a marketing piece directed at faculty, instructors, and TAs in your own institution that cites selected results reported in USA Today, Inside Higher Education, and the NSSE Annual Report section on writing.
  • “Story starters” for articles, op-ed pieces, or news releases that you might write for your campus or local newspaper, your campus’s public relations person, or discussions.

You may also find the following documents to be helpful.

Chuck Paine, Consortium Coordinator
Bob Gonyea
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