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Does your institution have a writing requirement?
What does the writing requirement at your institution consist of?
Is oral communication a component of an institutional writing requirement?
Are there institution-wide student writing goals?
Have the goals been influenced by the WPA Outcomes Statement?
Are the goals assessed at the institutional level?
How are the college-wide student writing goals assessed?
Does your institution have a writing committee?
Does your institution administer the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)?
How does your writing program use the CCSSE data?
Were there changes to the writing requirement since the academic year 2012-13?
Which changes have taken place in regards to the writing requirement?
What other changes have been made to the writing requirement?
Were there changes to the assessment of writing at your institution since the academic year 2012-13?
Which changes have taken place in regards to assessment?
What other changes have been made to the assessment of writing at your institution?
Do you foresee changes at the institutional level to the sites of writing on your campus over the next four years?
What type of changes do you foresee in the next four years?
Feel free to explain and expected changes to the institutional writing requirements or goals for the next four years.
Does your institution have a writing requirement, whether explicit or embedded?
What is the institutional home for required writing courses?
In the academic year 2016-17, how many students took required writing courses?
Does your institution accept alternative credit for the writing requirement?
If your institution accepts alternative credit for the writing requiement, which mechanism is used? Check all that apply.
What percentage of students in AY 2016/17 received alternative credit for a required writing course?
If there is a placement mechanism for the writing requirement, what is it? Check all that apply.
Can students place out of the writing requirement?
What percentage of students in AY 2016/17 placed out of a required writing course?
Are there explicit goals for the writing requirement?
If there are explicit goals, are they informed by the WPA Outcomes Statement?
How are the goals for the writing requirement assessed? Check all that apply.
In AY 2016/17, did your institution offer face-to-face sections of the required writing course(s)?
In AY 2016/17, did your institution offer online sections of the required writing course(s)?
In AY 2016/17, did your institution offer hybrid sections of required writing course(s)?
During the academic year 2016-17, what percentage of sections of the require writing course(s) were face-to-face?
During the academic year 2016-17, what percentage of sections of the require writing course(s) were online?
During the academic year 2016-17, what percentage of sections of the require writing course(s) were hybrid?
Who has primary responsibility for administering the writing requirement? See the Glossary for an explanation of these terms.
Beside the person who has primary responsibility for administering the writing requirment, how many staff members or faculty members have administrative responsibilities for the writing requirement?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty in the English Department?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty in the English Department?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by PT faculty (hired by the English Department)?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by PT faculty (hired by the rhetoric/composition department or program)?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by the first-year writing director?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of face-to-face required writing courses were taught by other types of insructors?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty in the English Department?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty in the English Department?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by PT faculty (hired by the English Department)?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by PT faculty (hired by the rhetoric/composition department or program)?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by the first-year writing director?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of online required writing courses were taught by other types of instructors?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty in the English Department?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by FT, tenure-line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty in the English Department?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty in the rhetoric/composition department or program?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by FT, non-tenure line faculty from departments besides English and rhetoric/composition?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by PT faculty (hired by the English Department)?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by PT faculty (hired by the rhetoric/composition department or program)?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by the first-year writing director?
In the 2016-17 academic year, what percentage of sections of hybrid required writing courses were taught by other types of instructors?
For required writing courses, what types of initial training is provided? Check all that apply.
Do those attending initial training receive additional compensation or course credit?
For required writing courses, what types of on-going professional development is provided? Check all that apply.
Which type of scheduling does your institution follow?
How many semesters of required writing are required?
How many quarters/courses of required writing are required? The courses do not need to be sequential.
By when must the writing requirement be completed?
Is there a common syllabus for the first or only semester of required writing?
What is the content for the first or only semester of required writing? Check all that apply.
What is the content for the first or only semester of required writing? Check all that apply - Other - Text
Is there a common syllabus for the second semester of required writing?
What is the content for the second semester of required writing? Check all that apply.
What is the content for the second semester of required writing? Check all that apply - Other - Text
Is there a common syllabus for the first or only quarter of required writing?
What is the content for the first or only quarter of required writing? Check all that apply.
What is the content for the first or only quarter of required writing? Check all that apply - Other - Text
Is there a common syllabus for the second quarter of required writing?
What is the content for the second quarter of required writing? Check all that apply.
What is the content for the second quarter of required writing? Check all that apply - Other - Text
Is there a common syllabus for the third quarter of required writing?
What is the content for the third quarter of required writing? Check all that apply.
What is the content for the third quarter of required writing? Check all that apply - Other - Text
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the first or only semester of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the first or only semester of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the first or only semester of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the first or only semester of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the first or only semester of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the first or only semester of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the first or only semester of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the first or only semester of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the first or only semester of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the second semester of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the second semester of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the second semester of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the second semester of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the second semester of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the second semester of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the second semester of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the second semester of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the second semester online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the first or only quarter of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the first or only quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the first or only quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the first or only quarter of face-to face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the first or only quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the first or only quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the first or only quarter of face-to face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the first or only quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the first or only quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the second quarter of face-to face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the second quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the second quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the second quarter of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the second quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the second quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the second quarter of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the second quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the second quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the third quarter of face-to face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the third quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Honors sections of the third quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the third quarter of face-to face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the third quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Regular sections of the third quarter of online required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the third quarter of face-to-face required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the third quarter of hybrid required writing?
In the academic year 2016/17, what was the enrollment cap for Basic Writing sections of the third quarter of online required writing?
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the writing requirement at your institution?
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the writing requirement at your institution? Check all that apply.
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the writing requirement at your institution? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the writing placement mechanism or how alternate credit is granted at your institution?
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the writing placement mechanism or how alternate credit is granted at your institution? Check all that apply.
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the writing placement mechanism or how alternate credit is granted at your institution? Check all that apply.- Other - Text
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the assessment of required writing courses at your institution?
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the assessment of requied writing courses at your institution? Check all that apply.
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the assessment of required writing courses at your institution? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the writing curriculum or enrollment caps at your institution?
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the writing curriculum or enrollment caps at your institution? Check all that apply.
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the writing curriculum or enrollment caps at your institution? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the administration or staffing of the writing requirement at your institution?
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the administration or staffing of the writing requirement at your institution? Check all that apply
Since AY 2012/13, what have been the changes to the administration or staffing of the writing requirement at your institution? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Do you foresee changes to the administrative, curricular, or support structures of the writing requirment at your institution over the next four years?
If you foresee changes to the administrative, curricular, or support structures of the writing requirement at your institution over the next four years, feel free to explain. -TEXT-
Does your institution employ any of the following to teach writing? Check all that apply.
Are full-time non-tenure track (FT-NTT) faculty part of a union?
For the 2016-17 academic year, what was the average starting salary for FT-NTT faculty?
In addition to salary, what benefits do FT-NTT faculty receive? Check all that apply.
Do FT-NTT faculty have voting privileges? Check all that apply.
Are FT-NTT positions eligible for promotion?
How many courses per year are FT-NTT faculty required to teach?
When hiring FT-NTT faculty, how long is the typical contract?
In addition to teaching, what are the work requirements for FT-NTT faculty? Check all that apply.
Are part-time faculty part of a union?
For the 2016-17 academic year, what was the average compensation for part-time faculty per course?
In addition to salary, what benefits do part-time faculty receive? Check all that apply.
Do part-time faculty have voting privileges? Check all that apply.
Are part-time positions eligible for promotion?
How many courses per year are part-time faculty allowed to teach?
When hiring part-time faculty, how long is the typical contract?
In addition to teaching, what are the work requirements for part-time faculty? Check all that apply.
Are post-docs part of a union?
For the 2016-17 academic year, what was the average starting salary for post-docs?
In addition to salary, what benefits do post-docs receive? Check all that apply.
Do post-docs have voting privileges? Check all that apply.
Are post-doc positions eligible for promotion?
How many courses per year are post-docs required to teach?
When hiring post-docs, how long is the typical contract?
In addition to teaching, what are the work requirements for post-doc faculty? Check all that apply.
Does your institution require all students take writing-intensive (WI or W) courses taught by departments that may include English or Writing? These courses may be called writing attentive, writing embedded, etc
How long has the WI requirement been in existence?
How many WI courses are required?
How many WI courses are required beyond the first-year requirement?
When do WI courses need to be completed?
Are there explicit goals for the WI courses?
Have the goals been influenced by the WPA Outcomes Statement?
What form of assessment takes place of the WI goals?
What are the criteria for a WI course?
Who certifies that a course fulfills the WI designation?
Are there incentives offered for faculty to teach a WI course?
In AY 2016/17, what was the course cap for WI courses?
Does your institution have a formal WAC program?
What is the institutional home for WAC?
What are the parts of the WAC program?
Has any aspect of the WAC program been influenced by the Statement of WAC Principles and Practices?
Is there professional or faculty development available for those teaching in the WAC program or teaching WI courses?
If faculty are required to attend a seminar or workshop, how are they compensated?
Who has primary responsibility for administering the WAC Program?
In addition to the person who has primary responsibility for WAC, how many staff members or faculty members have administrative responsibilities for WAC?
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the WI courses and/or WAC program?
What were the changes to the WAC program?
Do you foresee any major changes to WAC on your campus in the next four years?
Feel free to explain what changes might occur to WAC?
Does your institution have a writing center or learning center with writing tutors?
Is the writing center free-standing or part of another institutional unit?
If the writing center is not free-standing, what larger institutional unit is it a part of?
What are the other institutional units?
Where is the writing center located? *Note: From this point on, writing center refers to both free-standing and those located within another unit.
What other locations are there for the writing center?
Is there a mission statement for the writing center?
Are there explicit goals for the writing center?
How are the goals assessed?
What are other methods for assessing the goals of the writing center?
In addition to providing support for students writing for their courses, what services does the writing center offer? Check all that apply.
What events does the writing center offer?
What other events does the writing center offer?
What type of appointments does the writing center offer?
What is the average length of a face-to-face consultation or tutorial session?
What percentage of the student body had a writing center consultation during the 2016-17 academic year? See Note 2a & 4.
How many consultants worked in the writing center during the 2016-17 academic year? UG=Undergraduates, Fac=Faculty, PT=Professional Tutors, Vol=volunteers
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 faculty and professional tutors, then the percentage would be 50% undergraduate, 25% graduate students, and 25% professional tutors.
How are the undergraduate consultants initially trained?
How are the faculty consultants initially trained?
How are the professional consultants initially trained?
How are the volunteer consultants initially trained?
What on-going professional development opportunities are provided undergraduate consultants?
What on-going professional development opportunities are provided faculty consultants?
What on-going professional development opportunities are provided professional consultants?
What on-going professional development opportunities are provided volunteer consultants?
How are the undergraduate consultants compensated?
How are the faculty consultants compensated?
How are the professional consultants compensated?
Who has primary responsibility for directing the writing center or overseeing the writing tutors if the tutors are part of a different institutional unit?
Does the writing center have a faculty advisory committee?
Feel free to explain the role of the faculty advisory committee
In addition to the person who has primary responsibility, how many undergraduates students, staff members, or faculty members have administrative responsibilities for the writing center?
Since the academic year 2012/13, have there been changes to the writing center (not including staffing) at your institution?
What changes were made to the writing center, not including staffing?
What other changes were made to the writing center, not including staffing?
Since the academic year 2012-13 have there been changes to the staffing or administration of the writing center?
What changes were made to the staffing or administration of the writing center?
What other changes were made to the staffing or administration of the writing center?
Do you foresee changes to the administrative, curricular, or support structures of the sites of the writing center over the next four years?
Feel free to explain the expected changes to the writing center.
Does your institution have a writing fellows program (course-based peer tutoring)?
How old is the writing fellows program?
How is the writing fellows program funded?
Do the writing fellows work both as fellows and in the writing center?
Do the writing fellows regularly attend the class they are assigned to work with?
On average, how many students does each writing fellow work with for a course?
How are the writing fellows compensated?
Does your institution identify basic writing students who may need additional writing support?
How does the institution identify basic writers? Check all that apply.
What type of supports are available for basic writers? Check all that apply.
What type of supports are available for basic writers? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Does your institution have a formal basic writing program?
What is the institutional home of the basic writing program?
What percentage of the student body is placed into basic writing?
What is the structure of your basic writing program? Check all that apply. (See Glossary for an explanation of terms)
How many levels of basic writing do you have?
What is the curriculum of the basic writing courses? Check all that apply.
What is the curriculum of the basic writing courses? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
How do students exit basic writing? Check all that apply.
How do students exit basic writing? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Is there a Director of Basic Writing?
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the support for basic writers?
What changes have there been to the support for basic writers? Check all that apply.
What are the changes to the support for basic writers? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Do you foresee changes to the administrative, curricular, or support structures for helping diversely prepared students at your institution over the next four years?
Feel free to explain your answer.
Is there support for domestic and international English Language Learners (ELLs)?
Is support for English Language Learners (ELLs) separate from basic writing?
What percentage of the student body is placed into ELL writing courses, both required and optional?
What is the institutional home of the ELL writing courses?
What is the institutional home of the ELL writing courses? - Other - Text
Who has primary responsibility for administering support for English Language Learners?
Does your institution identify domestic English Language Learners (ELLs) who may need additional writing support?
How does the institution identify domestic English Language Learners? Check all that apply.
What type of supports are available for domestic English Language Learners (ELLs)? Check all that apply.
Does your institution identify international English Language Learners (ELLs) who may need additional writing support?
How does the institution identify International English Language Learners? Check all that apply.
What type of supports are available for International English Language Learners (ELLs)? Check all that apply.
Since AY 2012/13, have there been changes to the support for English Language Learners (ELLs)?
What changes have there been to the support for English Language Learners (ELLs)? Check all that apply.
What changes have there been to the support for English Language Learners (ELLs)? Check all that apply. - Other - Text
Do you foresee changes to the administrative, curricular, or support structures for helping diversely prepared students at your institution over the next four years?
Feel free to explain your answer.
How is the WCA position classified?
Where does the tenure line reside?
What is the educational level of the WCA?
In what discipline is the WCA's degree? (Check all that apply)
What is the annual salary of the WCA?
Does the WCA receive additional compensation or release time for directing an aspect of the writing center?
What is the additional compensation?
To whom does the WCA report to?
Was the WCA hired for this position?
If the WCA was not hired for this position, how did he/she assume these responsibilities?
Which of the following teaching responsibilities does the WCA have? (Check all that apply)
On average how many courses per year does the WCA teach?
On average how many courses per year are reassigned for the administrative responsibilities of the WCA?
What are the job responsibilities for the WCA?
How is the LCA position classified?
Where does the tenure line reside?
What is the educational level of the LCA?
In what discipline is the LCA's degree? (Check all that apply)
What is the annual salary of the LCA?
Does the LCA receive additional compensation or release time for directing an aspect of the writing center?
What is the additional compensation?
To whom does the LCA report to?
Was the LCA hired for this position?
If the LCA was not hired for this position, how did he/she assume these responsibilities?
Which of the following teaching responsibilities does the LCA have? (Check all that apply)
On average how many courses per year does the LCA teach?
On average how many courses per year are reassigned for the administrative responsibilities of the LCA?
What are the job responsibilities for the LCA?
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