Bowling Green State University, General Studies Writing program records
Collection Overview
Abstract
Records documenting the evolution of the General Studies Writing program at Bowling Green State University.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1962, 1967-2011
Extent
7.67 Cubic Feet (5 record cartons, 3 letter size archive boxes, 1 half letter size archive box and 3 legal size archive boxes)
Creator
- Bowling Green State University. English Department (Organization)
Scope and Contents
This collection provides a detailed view of the work and evolution of the General Studies Writing program at Bowling Green State University. Through committee meeting minutes, correspondence, and annual reports, an overview of the program can be obtained. Details about the specific operations of the program, and the information being taught, can be found in the bookstore packets created for students (late 1980s-early 2000s), and the instructor manuals, sample evaluated essays, sample assignments, and guides to portfolio assessment from the late 1990s-2011.
Biographical / Historical
The purpose of Freshman English - later the General Studies Writing program - at Bowling Green State University has been to ensure adequate written communication skills among its students. Through the use of placement tests for incoming freshmen, students were placed into GSW classes based on their writing abilities and the types of writing skills needed for their future success. In 2019, the GSW program became known as the University Writing Program.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Arrangement
Collection arranged in order received, in several additions.
Processing Information
As will be seen in the box and folder list, many of the mateials in the first few boxes are undated, or some documents in the folder are dated while others or not. In general it is estimated that these materials are from the 1970s and 1980s.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Bowling Green State University, General Studies Writing program records
- Author
- Cindy Radford
- Date
- March 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English