Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net It’s the first day of the quarter and as students sit in the middle of a lecture hall filled with up to 180 others, the English professor announces that all tests, which have previously been essay exams,…
Class sizes increase, writing practice decrease
English department budget cuts have led to a 400 percent increase in class size, and an almost 100 percent decrease in writing in some courses. Some English course sections have increased from 30 to 120 students, which makes formal writing…
Writing intensive classes fall short
Writing intensive General Education classes at Cal Poly are, many times, not requiring students to write a single word.