What does WPA stand for?

Writing Program Administrator

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Samples in periodicals archive:

2010 Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA) Conference July 15-18, 2010 Philadelphia, PA (Workshop is July 11-14; Institutes will be July 15)

Writing program administrators

The First Year Writing Program Administrator, the Faculty Partner to the Writing Center, and the Tutoring and Learning Center Director developed the THEA model in 2003 based on the Texas Success Initiative Plan and it was first implemented in the Spring 2004 semester.

Theory to practice: building the 21st century writing community

Most recently, Hardin was both the writing program administrator and the general education coordinator at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky.

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

GSA titles fall into six categories: writing center administrator, graduate assistant, program coordinator, consultant/tutor, writing program administrator, and other.

Beyond the anecdotal: questioning assumptions about graduate student ...

The Allyn & Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators.

Writing better annual reports

Last fall I found myself not only our school's Writing Center Director but also its Writing Program Administrator.

Working for the clampdown? Being crafty at managed universities

Similarly, Doug Enders' account of how his writing center was assessed by the institutional researcher at his college highlights the truth of a recent comment on the Writing Program Administrators (WPA) listserv by Ed White: "Remember White's law: Assess thyself or assessment will be done unto you.

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