Florida Atlantic University2017 Institution Survey

Institutional requirements and goals--Writing Requirement

Does your institution have a writing requirement?

Yes

What does the writing requirement at your institution consist of?

First-year composition predominately taught by English and/or Writing department (FYC)

Writing-intensive courses that are located throughout the curriculum (W courses)

Are there curricular requirements that are not part of the writing requirement but that have writing as an explicit goal?

No

Is oral communication a component of an institutional writing requirement?

Oral communication is a separate general education requirement.

Institutional requirements and goals--College Writing Goals

Are there institution-wide student writing goals?

Yes

Have the goals been influenced by the WPA Outcomes Statement?

Yes

Are the goals assessed at the institutional level?

Yes

How are the college-wide student writing goals assessed?

other

What are other approaches to assessment of institutional goals?

Student writing is assessed by WAC

Institutional requirements and goals--Writing Committee

Does your institution have a writing committee?

Yes

Who serves on the committee?

First-year writing administrator

Writing center administrator

Writing Across the Curriculum Administrator

Writing faculty

English faculty

Institutional requirements and goals--National Survey of Student Engagement

Does your institution administer the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)?

I don't know

Institutional requirements and goals--Changes to Writing Program

Were there changes to the writing requirement since the academic year 2012-13?

No

Were there changes to the assessment of writing at your institution since the 2012-13 academic year?

No

Do you foresee changes at the institutional level to the sites of writing on your campus over the next four years?

No

First-Year Writing--General Description

Does your institution have a first-year writing requirement, whether explicit or embedded?

Yes

What is the institutional home for first-year writing?

English department

Writing centers--General description

Does your institution have a writing center or learning center with writing tutors?

Yes

Is the writing center free-standing or part of another institutional unit?

Part of another institutional unit

If the writing center is not free-standing, what larger institutional unit is it a part of?

Teaching and learning center

Where is the writing center located? Note: From this point on writing center refers to both free-standing and those located within another unit.

Multiple locations

Is there a mission statement for the writing center?

Yes

Are there explicit goals for the writing center?

Yes

How are the goals assessed?

Student feedback forms

Center usage statistics

In addition to providing support for students writing for their courses, what services does the writing center offer? Check all that apply.

Assistance with writing in a language other than English

Assistance with multimodal assignments

Assistance with reading

Assistance with online research

Assistance with oral presentations

Assistance with Powerpoint or other presentation software

Assistance with job materials

Assistance with graduate school materials

Assistance for English Language Learners

What events does the writing center offer?

Student workshops

Writing centers--Consultations

What type of appointments does the writing center offer?

scheduled face-to-face appts

drop-in face-to-face appts

scheduled online appts

What is the average length of a consultation or tutorial session offered?

30 minutes

What percentage of the undergraduate student body had a writing center consultation during the 2016-17 academic year?

9.8

Writing centers--Consultants

How many consultants worked in the writing center during the 2016-17 academic year? UG=undergraduates, GS=graduate students, Fac=faculty, PT=professional tutors, Vol=volunteers

UG-2, GS-20, PT-10

On average, what percentage of a week's consultations are staffed by each group? For example, if your center offers 100 hours of consultations a week and 50 hours are filled by undergraduates and 25 hours by both graduate students and professional tutors, then the percentage would be 50% undergraduate, 25% graduate students, and 25% professional tutors.

UG-6.25, GS-62.5, PT-31.25

How are undergraduate consultants initially trained?

Staff meetings

How are graduate consultants initially trained?

Staff meetings

How are professional consultants initially trained?

Staff meetings

What on-going professional development opportunities are provided undergraduate consultants?

Present at regional conferences

Read professional journals

Staff meetings

Semester inservice or workshop

Reflections

Meeting with Director

What on-going professional development opportunities are provided graduate consultants?

Present at regional conferences

Read professional journals

Staff meetings

Semester inservice or workshop

Reflections

Meeting with Director

What on-going professional development opportunities are provided professional consultants?

Present at regional conferences

Read professional journals

Staff meetings

Semester inservice or workshop

Reflections

Meeting with Director

How are the undergradaute consultants compensated?

Hourly wage

How are the graduate consultants compensated?

Hourly wage

Stipend

Tuition waiver

How are the professional consultants compensated?

Hourly wage

Writing centers--Administration

Who has primary responsibility for directing the writing center or overseeing the writing tutors if the tutors are part of a different institutional unit?

Writing Center Administrator (WCA)

In addition to the person who has primary responsibility, how many undergraduates, graduate students, staff members, or faculty members have administrative responsibilities for the writing center?

1

Does the writing center have a faculty advisory committee?

No

Writing centers--Changes

Since the academic year 2012/13 have there been changes to the writing center at your institution (not including staffing)?

Yes

What changes have been made?

Satellite located added

Since the academic year 2012/13 have there been changes to the staffing or administration of the writing center at your institution?

No

Do you foresee changes to the writing center over the next four years?

No

Writing Fellows (Embedded Writing Tutors)--General information

Does your institution have a writing fellows program? (See glossary for definitions)

No

Administrative positions--Writing Center Administrator (WCA)

How is the Writing Center Administrator position (WCA) classified?

TT

Where does the WCA's tenure line reside?

English

To whom does the WCA report?

CAO

Was the WCA hired for this position?

No

If the WCA was not hired for this position, how did they assume these responsibilities?

The director started the program after being hired.

Which of the following teaching responsibilities does the WCA have? Check all that apply.

Teach courses

faculty workshops

On average, how many courses per year does the WCA teach?

2

On average, how many courses per year are reassigned for WCA administrative responsibilities?

5+

Which of the following are the administrative responsibilities of the WCA?

Develop curriculum

Create Program Documents

Conduct assessment

Consult with individual faculty or departments across the disciplines

Hire (tutors, professional staff, or teaching faculty)

Supervise (tutors, professional staff, or teaching faculty)

Advertise program

Oversee program budget

Plan events

Maintain program/department/center website

Serve on university committees