Students tell tutors what they would never tell their instructors: that their children do their Internet research, that they don’t speak English so are using an online translator, that […]
Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Self-Citation – Both students and academic professionals seem to be wrestling with the question, “when should I cite myself?” The Kaplan University Writing Center […]
Ann Reich, Kaplan University, Composition Faculty On May 28, 2013, I gave a presentation entitled “Wikis: Why and Why Not?” at the 2013 Conference of the IJAS, The International Journal […]
Kyle Harley, Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center “The Grammar Hammer,” as a former professor of mine once said, flattens out any and all possibility for exploration and exposure with […]
The Kaplan University Writing Center offers approximately ten live workshops each month. These workshops are recorded and made available each month on the Writing Workshops page. This month we discussed […]
Melody Pickle, Ph.D. Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University I have been thinking this week about the work we do in the Kaplan University Writing Center. I suppose in many ways […]
By Chrissine Rios, Full-Time Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center When providing feedback on student writing, nothing challenges me more than addressing Bible-backed support for claims in a persuasive essay. […]
by Rathi Krishnan, Full-time faculty, Department of Composition, School of General Education, Kaplan University I presented at the IJAS — International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference on May, 28th., 2013, which […]
By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University In this entertaining, yet serious, video interview, Jerry Seinfeld reveals his writing process for writing jokes and his show. Let’s talk about […]
By Galia Fussell and Fran Gregg Surprisingly, many students do not connect thinking with writing, so prewriting is not part of their repertoire. Instead, a number of students announce that […]