The only course required for all undergraduate students at the University of Delaware is called Seminar in Composition or English 110. That is not an accident. Writing well matters, whether one majors ...

English 111, Composition and Rhetoric, is a writing course focused on principles and practices of rhetoric and composition useful for producing writing that is effective for its purpose, audience, and ...

First-year students in a required English composition class at the University of Delaware have gone far beyond the basic description of the introductory course, writing essays arguing for social ...

(Both images from the archives of Jason Palmeri) “Why I Dislike Men”: The Politics of Gender in Mid-Century Composition Student Writing at Miami University, Jason Palmeri, Department of English In ...

College Composition and Communication publishes research and scholarship in rhetoric and composition studies that supports college teachers in reflecting on and improving their practices in teaching ...

First-year composition courses, which are required of incoming students at many colleges and universities, lack cachet. No student gets excited about a comp class, and the faculty who teach these ...

A case study of the evaluation of a three-year pilot project in mainstreaming basic writers at City College of New York suggests that the social and political contexts of a project need to be taken ...