From teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com Mon Sep 15 13:12:40 2008 From: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com (Chris Anson) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:12:40 -0400 Subject: [Teaching_Composition] NSSE Consortium for the Study of Writing Message-ID: <65397AD7-DE96-4232-A4AC-66AC75A0BE64@ncsu.edu> --Apple-Mail-226-507908242 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's some more news about the Consortium for the Study of Writing in College (CSWC), which is a group of schools that all wish to have their students answer a set of 27 questions about writing in addition to the regular National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) questions in Spring 2009 (and possibly in other years). (Apologies for the postings across lists.) We have three news items: 1) ENROLLMENT IS OPEN. Schools can join the consortium through October 5. 2) THE CONSORTIUM WEBSITE HAS BEEN REVAMPED AND EXPANDED. Please visit at http://comppile.org/wpa+nsse. Thanks to Glenn Blalock (and what else is new?) for putting the site together. 3) THERE IS A LISTSERV FOR THE CSCW. CSWC-L@list.unm.edu is a forum for anyone participating or interested in the consortium and the NSSE writing questions. To Subscribe to the CSWC-L list Individuals can subscribe to the list by doing this: .....1. Send a message to: listserv@list.unm.edu. .....2. Leave the Subject field blank. .....3. In the body of message type (with no other text): subscribe CSWC-L Firstname Lastname ........When the subscribe request is approved, a notification will be emailed to you. To Unsubscribe from the CSWC-L list Subscribers can remove themselves from the list by doing this: .....1. Send a message to: listserv@list.unm.edu. .....2. Leave the Subject field blank. .....3. In the body of message type (with no other text): unsubscribe CSWC-L ........When the unsubscribe request is processed, a notification will be emailed to you. To communicate with the CSWC-L List Address email to CSWC-L@list.unm.edu Please write to Chuck Paine (who is coordinating the CSWC) at cpaine@UNM.EDU or to me at chris_anson@ncsu.edu if you have requests, concerns, questions, or advice. Thanks very much. -- Chris M. Anson [Web site] University Distinguished Professor of English Director, Campus Writing & Speaking Program Box 8105, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8105 (919) 513-4080 --Apple-Mail-226-507908242 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable