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Archive for April 14th, 2014

Presenting at a Conference Near You: The KUWC at ECWCA

Lisa Gerardy, Kaplan University Writing Center Specialist and Chrissine Rios, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor You might expect to see the Kaplan University Writing Center represented at online professional conferences–from Kaplan’s own […]

Healthcare Administrative Writing Part II: What would you do?

Viola Robinson, Faculty,  Kaplan University School of Health Sciences Note: This is a follow-up blog to Healthcare Administrative Writing. In high school you were introduced to the eight parts of […]

Zen Diagrams: The Importance of Proofreading in Math

By Betsy Duke, Professor, Kaplan University Math Department I would imagine that in just about any field there could be diagrams that pop up here and there. They could be […]

What Every Instructor Should Know about Providing Feedback on Writing

By Chrissine Rios, KUWC ELL Support Instructors teaching Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) know that writing and learning go together—writing is a method for acquiring content, and providing feedback on […]

Healthcare Administrative Writing

Viola Robinson, Faculty,  Kaplan University School of Health Sciences I like to think of the United States healthcare delivery system as a unique, dynamic, and challenging industry. The process of […]

Stay Three Steps Ahead of Plagiarism: Use the WAC PIP

By Chrissine Rios, KU Writing Center Tutor For instructors teaching Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), charging a student with plagiarism is unpleasant, but it doesn’t need to be stressful. The […]

Writing an Effective Thesis Podcast

Writing a thesis is a key part of writing an academic essay, and it is a concept this is often elusive.  Sometimes, the very word “thesis” is confusing as it […]

Computer Grading and Grammar Checks

Fact: Computer grading and grammar checks are here to stay.  Automated scoring or, more accurately, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is and continues to turn language processes into algorithms. How well they […]

APA is Not Formatting (only)

For those of us who have used APA for teaching and tutoring for a long time, we sometimes say or write “APA formatting” when we discuss an assignment that requires […]

Late Summer Reading!

Continuing a summer tradition here on our KUWC blog, we want to share our summer reading picks with you.   Tell us what you are reading… Nora Ephron – I Remember […]