Central Arizona College2013 Institution Survey
Sites of Writing--General Description
If not part of the writing program or department, what is the institutional home for first-year writing? (n=63)
English Department
If not part of the writing program or department, what is the institutional home for writing in the disciplines? (n=33)
English Department
Does your institution have a writing center or learning center with writing tutors? (n=219)
Yes
If not part of the writing program or department, what is the institutional home for the writing center? (n=171)
Independent Unit
If not part of the writing program or department, what is the institutional home for the basic writing program? (n=136)
English Department
Sites of Writing--Writing Requirement
What does the writing requirement at your institution consist of? (n=106)
First-year composition predominately taught by English and/or Writing department (FYC)
Writing-intensive courses that are located throughout the curriculum (WI courses)
Are there curricular requirements that are not part of the writing requirement but that have writing as an explicit goal? (n=211)
No
Sites of Writing--College Writing Goals
How are the college-wide student writing goals assessed? (n=113)
The goals are not assessed.
Who administers the assessment?
| Students take an essay exam. (n=43) | |
|---|---|
| Writing program director | |
| Writing center director | |
| Associate dean | |
| Faculty committee | Yes |
| Registrar | |
| Chair of the department | |
| Other |
Who participates in the assessment?
| Students take an essay exam. (n=43) | |
|---|---|
| Writing program director | |
| Writing center director | Yes |
| Writing program faculty | |
| English department faculty | Yes |
| Faculty from disciplines other than Writing and English | Yes |
| Readers outside the institution | |
| Associate dean | |
| Registrar | |
| Other |
Sites of Writing--Community College Survey of Student Engagement
Does your institution administer the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)? (n=219)
Yes
How does your writing program use the CCSSE data? (n=139)
Assessment
Support curricular changes
Sites of Writing--Changes to Writing Program
Have there been changes to the writing program or sites of writing at your institution in the past 10 years? (n=219)
Yes
Were there changes to the assessment of writing at your institution over the past 10 years? (n=194)
Yes
Which changes have taken place in regards to assessment? (n=133)
A college-wide assessment was added.
A college-wide assessment was expanded.
Were there any changes to the administrative structures of the writing program or the sites of writing over the past 10 years? (n=195)
Yes
Which administrative structures of the writing program or the sites of writing changed? (n=100)
Additional full-time WPA/WCD positions were created.
Was the writing program changed in the past 10 years to expand or eliminate areas? (n=191)
Yes
Were there changes to the staffing of the writing program or center over the past 10 years? (n=194)
Yes
Which changes to the staffing of the writing program or center have taken place over the past 10 years? (n=114)
Peer tutoring positions were added.
Professional tutoring positions were added.
Were there any additional changes to the writing program or the sites of writing at your institution not already mentioned? (n=193)
No
Do you foresee changes to the administrative, curricular, or support structures of the sites of writing at your institution over the next five years? (n=217)
No
First-Year Writing/ English Composition--General Description
Does your institution have a first-year writing requirement, whether explicit or embedded? (n=217)
Yes
First-Year Writing/ English Composition--Placement and Transfer
Does your institution allow students to place out of the first semester first-year writing requirment? (n=134)
Yes
Does your institution allow students to place out of the second semester of first-year writing requirment? (n=105)
No
Does your institution accept transfer credit for first semester first-year writing requirements? (n=139)
Yes
Does your institution accept transfer credit for second semester first-year writing requirements? (n=121)
Yes
First-Year Writing/ English Composition--Goals and Assessment
How are the goals for FYW courses assessed? (n=124)
Random sample
Professor evaluation
Who participates in the assessment of the goals for FYW courses? (n=116)
Writing faculty
Institutional faculty
English faculty
Department chair
First-Year Writing/ English Composition--Curriculum
What is the content of the FYW requirement? See Note 5. (n=139)
Genre/ Modes
Writing About Writing (WAW)
Themes
First-Year Writing/ English Composition--Enrollment Caps
If there is a second semester FYW requirement, what is the the enrollment cap for regular sections? (n=119)
24
What is the enrollment cap for sections of basic writing of the FYW requirement? (n=133)
24
If there is a second semester FYW requirement, what is the the enrollment cap for basic writing sections? (n=101)
24
First-Year Writing/ English Composition--Staffing
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by full-time, tenure-line faculty in the English Department? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by full-time, tenure-line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by full-time, tenure-line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by full-time, non-tenure line faculty in the English Department? See Note 4. (n=105)
44
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by full-time, non-tenure line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by full-time, non-tenure line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by part-time faculty hired by the English Department? See Note 4. (n=105)
56
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by part-time faculty hired by the rhetoric/composition department or program?
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by the WPA? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
In the 2013-14 academic year, what percentage of sections of the first semester writing course were taught by other? See Note 4. (n=105)
0
Is there faculty or professional development available for those teaching in the first-year writing program? (n=129)
Yes
What form does the faculty development take for first-year writing faculty? (n=107)
Optional faculty development workshops
Identifying and supporting diversely-prepared students--General Description
Does your institution identify students who may need additional writing support, including students whose primary language is not English? (n=220)
Yes
How does the institution identify these students? (n=157)
Directed Self-Placement
Placement Test
Advisor referral
Faculty referral
Student self-referral
What types of supports are available to these students? (n=161)
Required basic writing course
Peer tutoring
Professional tutoring, not the WPA or WCD
Tutoring from the WPA or WCD
Workshops
Identifying and supporting diversely-prepared students--Basic Writing
What percentage of the student body is placed into basic writing? See Note 4. (n=84)
37
What is the structure of the basic writing program? (n=125)
Prerequisite model
Intensive model
Mainstreaming model
What is the curriculum of the basic writing courses? (n=126)
Grammar
Sentence writing
Paragraph writing
Reading and writing
Identifying and supporting diversely-prepared students--Support for English Language Learners (ELLs)
What type of supports are available for ELLs? (n=124)
Professional tutoring, not the WPA or WCD
Tutoring from the WPA or WCD
Workshops
Other
Writing across the curriculum (WAC) and writing beyond the first year--General Description
Does your institution have a WAC/WID program and/or a writing requirement beyond the first year? (n=203)
No
Writing centers--General description
Does your institution have a writing center or learning center with writing tutors? (n=219)
Yes
Administrative Structures
Who has primary responsibility for administering the first-year writing requirement? (n=127)
Chair of the English department