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Organizational Response to a University Writing Initiative: Writing in the Disciplines (WID) in an Interdisciplinary Department


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dc.contributorCathleen O. Erwinen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAuburn Universityen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2013en_US
dc.creatorErwin, Cathleen O.
dc.creatorZappile, Tina M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-30T14:09:11Z
dc.date.available2019-10-30T14:09:11Z
dc.date.created2013
dc.identifier.urihttps://wac.colostate.edu/docs/double-helix/v1/erwin.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/49625
dc.description.abstractThe authors use an institutional theory framework to examine the impact of a newly adopted university-wide Writing in the Disciplines (WID) initiative in courses offered by three undergraduate programs housed in an interdisciplinary department at a major land-grant university in the southeastern United States. They identify and describe three types of institutional pressure on departments and individual faculty members to adopt changes in writing: normative, mimetic, and coercive. A systematic review of 97 discipline-specific course syllabi from Fall 2009-Spring 2012 was conducted to determine whether there were significant changes in the quantity and types of writing assignments in courses before and after the development and submission of a department writing plan as required by the newly implemented university writing initiative. The results show significant positive changes in the following measures of relevance of writing in discipline-specific courses: the weight of writing assignments as a proportion of final course grades, the level of sophistication of the intended audience identified in writing assignments, and the level of course engagement with writing as evidenced by the inclusion of course objectives specific to writing outcomes. They attribute these changes to specific aspects of the writing initiative as well as the influence of accrediting organizations and the University that fit within each of the three categories of institutional pressure identified in the paper.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.format.extent19 pagesen_US
dc.publisherThe WAC Clearinghouseen_US
dc.relation.ispartofDouble Helixen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2372-7497en_US
dc.rightsDouble Helix provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.en_US
dc.subjectWriting in the Disciplines (WID)en_US
dc.subjectUniversity Writing Initiativeen_US
dc.subjectWriting Assignmenten_US
dc.subjectFaculty Developmenten_US
dc.subjectWriting-Enriched Curriculumen_US
dc.titleOrganizational Response to a University Writing Initiative: Writing in the Disciplines (WID) in an Interdisciplinary Departmenten_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume1en_US
dc.citation.spage1en_US
dc.citation.epage19en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.locationAuburn Universityen_US

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