As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen ...

Educators who teach first-year writing courses need to use their leverage to ensure students arrive on campus with skills ...

Dan Melzer, associate director of first-year composition at the University of California, Davis, shook up the research on teaching college-level writing in 2014 with his book Assignments Across the ...

Writers have long gathered together to work. Compared with the alternative — laboring alone, glued to your desk chair and held captive by an app that deletes words if you stop (Write or Die) — writing ...

College essays hold significant importance as they allow you to demonstrate your potential contributions to the academic community. This is particularly crucial for competitive schools, where many ...