Developing (and Renewing) WAC, WID, and CXC Programs International WAC Conference Austin, TX Thursday, May 24, 2008

Marty Townsend University of Missouri Lilly Bridwell-Bowles Louisiana State University Bill Condon Washington State University

International WAC/WID Mapping Project Chris Thaiss, UC-Davis 48% increase in WAC in US since international responses, 47 countries Today, Session 3, 3:30, Lakeview Please respond quickly, if you haven’t yet

Scope, Mission, Structure How wide will your program’s reach be? What mission(s) will your program have? How will your program be structured? Consider these categories as talking points to get us started, not a complete set of factors to consider. Remember that all WAC, WID, CXC programs are idiosyncratic and institutionally-specific.

Scope Department, college, campus-wide, community outreach? Tutoring? Faculty services (in addition to development, i.e., writing groups, draft review, etc?) WAC, WID, CXC? If CXC, what components? (Lilly’s has four; MIT & NCSU have two) Whatever the scope, does your program have the resources, space, personnel, and expertise to fulfill the programs’ needs?

Mission Developing a program mission statement can be tricky…however you get it done, the document should guide your work, help keep you on track 1.Articulate it in language that is clear to faculty, students, administrators, staff, and the public. 2.Ensure that the mission can be accomplished. 3.Use language that leads to appropriate programmatic assessment, e.g., MU’s four-part statement.

One example: MU’s four-part WAC/WID mission statement includes: Undergraduate education WI course requirement Faculty development Discipline-based instructors Graduate education WI TAs from the disciplines Research MU is a research-extensive university

Structure Reporting line(s) Oversight committees: advisory or policy- making? Budget Job definition; authority; autonomy; titles Staffing (academic, professional, clerical) Location, location, location—hierarchically and geographically