Archive for September 1st, 2008

List of Common Readings

Monday, September 1st, 2008

For more than a few years now, many U.S. colleges and universities have initiated programs that invite (or require) FY students to read a "common" text before arriving on campus. In August 2008, Chris Anson (N.C. State University) assembled an initial list (over 250 entries) of common readings from responses to ...

WPA and NSSE Partnership

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Learn more about the partnership between WPA and NSSE that has resulted in the "Consortium for the Study of Writing in College."   Here's a brief excerpt from the new website: The Council of Writing Program Administrators and the National ...

New CompPile Feature

Monday, September 1st, 2008

I've redesigned the front page of CompPile, slightly.  Thinking of CompPile as a place where we go to find information, I've added a column of "CompLinks" that list links to various resources and tools that are part of our everyday work (I think?). In the first attempt, the list includes "professional ...