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History of the Writing Intensive Program
Developed and first implemented by the Longview Writing Intensive Cadre in 1999
Mary
McMullen-Light, Writing Across the Curriculum
Coordinator
Dr. Gene Fenster, Biology Instructor
Cathy Hardy, Music Instructor
Kathy Kiser, Speech Instructor
Matthew Westra, Psychology Instructor
Janet Wyatt, Mathematics Instructor
The
Writing Intensive Program is a strong curricular response to the assessment
data MCC faculty collected and analyzed through four years of administering
the GENCAT (General Education Communications Assessment Tool).
A call for a Writing Intensive program emerged in some of the earliest
feedback forums in 1995 as one of several responses to information about
student writing skills discerned by faculty through the GENCAT experience. This program was developed through research,
investigation, site visits, discussion, and deliberation taking place
from 1998-2000 and has been directly informed not only by extensive research
but also by the years of WAC teaching experience these faculty members
have. Regular discussions among other WAC faculty
as well as feedback provided in various writing assessment forums at Longview
over the past five years have also served to shape this program. The program was formally piloted in the 2000-2001 academic year. Metropolitan
Community Colleges institutionalized its commitment to Writing Across the
Curriculum when it established a Writing Intensive course as a General
Education requirement for the AA degree. Approximately 40 courses across
the district are designated Writing Intensive each semester.