Writing in the Disciplines

These colleges typically make the writing process a priority at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to produce and refine various forms of writing for different audiences in different disciplines.

In spring 2011 we invited college presidents, chief academic officers, deans of students, and deans of admissions from more than 1,500 schools to nominate up to 10 institutions with stellar examples of writing in the disciplines. Colleges and universities that were mentioned most often are listed here, in alphabetical order.

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Brown University

Providence, RI

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Duke University

Durham, NC

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Miami University--Oxford

Oxford, OH

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

North Carolina State University--Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Purdue University--West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

University of California--Davis

Davis, CA

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

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