I Think, Therefore I Write.
Today I spent the afternoon in the company of Dr. Richard Miller and Dr. Paul Hammond from Rutgers University. I had asked Dr. Miller to come speak to our English Department regarding the shifts they saw in writing, composing, and learning.
In my conversations leading up to today with Dr. Miller, I found out that the Expository Writing Class at Rutgers is a course that nearly 85% of all Freshman take, with only those testing out via AP exams the exceptions. Miller and Hammond have a unique advantage in that the changes they make to that class are ones that could have a profound effect on the quality of the writing experience that the students have in their undergraduate years.
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