Second, because the Writing Intensive series of courses is so integral to the General Education program, the WI program interpreted data from General Education assessment for its own purposes. The Writing Intensive program uses this annual data to consider ways it can better foster critical thinking and writing in WI classes. The faculty member then summarizes what the students said and responds to their ideas on a sheet that is then sent to the WAC committee anonymously. The WAC committee reviews these summary and response sheets to get a sense of how the program is going and to make refinements. The reaction to these response forms has been overwhelmingly positive, both from students and from faculty.
Students appreciate having their voices be heard.
Faculty have discovered that the students for the most part give constructive criticism and have found that students seem to value the writing assignments.