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KUWC Mission Statement

The Kaplan University Writing Center empowers students and supports faculty by offering positive, holistic feedback through media-rich services and resources. Professional writing consultants foster a community of writers and guide […]

Writing Workshops Focus on Outlines and Drafting…APA, too

The March writing workshop series provides five workshops designed to help students create appropriate outlines for various types of writing and then move from outline to their first draft.  Organization […]

New APA Resource

The KU Writing Center continually works to update our APA resources and put them in formats that are accessible to a variety of learners and that are easy to use. […]

Referring Students to the Writing Center

A common and very well understood complaint from instructors is that we can refer students to resources or services that offer them help, but we can’t make them go, and […]

You Took Points off for that? The APA Title Page

As you can imagine, we get a lot of questions about APA in the Writing Center.    One big point of confusion for students is the different requirements professors have regarding […]

Multiple Intelligences and Teaching

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences explains in some depth the basic idea that different people learn in different ways. Today, it is generally agreed that there are 8 intelligences: linguistic, musical, […]

February student workshops focus on prewriting and research

The KUWC’s February lineup of student writing workshops focus on prewriting and research strategies.  Prewriting is essential for writing a strong paper from the start.  When students take the time […]

Is freedom of speech on the chopping block?

Censorship is a word that gets tossed around in heated debates and has numerous meanings and interpretations.  It also has strong connotations associated with it. The latest mainstream controversy over […]

CTL Newsletter

The Writing Center regularly works with the CTL, and we like to support each other’s activities.  Below is some information about the CTL’s monthly newsletter.  Sign Up for the Center […]

Google World and Academic Sources

In this age where we can Google anything, it is harder and harder for students to identify and locate academic sources.  Why can’t they just Google their topic and pick […]