It includes sample syllabi of WID courses, exemplary student papers from WID courses, and a bibliography of WID and WAC resources. The University of Texas-Austin Undergraduate Writing Center offers business and professional writing resources. Announce the grading criteria to the students before papers are handed in, so that you don't have to explain your criteria in individually-written comments to students. Effectively We receive many questions from individuals and from departments about how they can best use Center funds. The following flow chart is designed to show how a series of individual and departmental grants can add up to an improved departmental curriculum.
Individual grants tend to fall into one of four categories.
First are grants that examine the kinds of writing students use after graduation, in their places of employment. For example, Gerald Rinehart surveyed Carlson School of Management alumni to determine the writing skills they use on the job. Second are projects that look at the status of writing in a department's curriculum. In a separate study, Rinehart surveyed Carlson School professors to see how they incorporated writing into their classes. Third is research into the status of undergraduate writing in a department.