The primary purpose of this component of the general education program is to equip Hope College students with essential writing and associated research skills and practices for education and life.

In the fall of 1997, hundreds of Harvard first-years were offered what seemed like a simple bargain: fill out a survey about writing and receive a $10 coupon to Pizzeria Uno.

I remember spending hours commenting painstakingly on my students’ papers when I was a graduate student teaching in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. My students loved our classes ...