NEWACC

The Fall 2011 NEWACC meeting will be held on Friday, September 23, 2011.

Kati Pletsch de Garcia has graciously agreed to host our meeting from 11-2 at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts. Lunch will be provided.

The Spring 2011 NEWACC meeting will be held on March 13 at Southern New Hampshire University, immediately following the 2011 Northeast Writing Centers Association annual conference.

NEWCA 2011 – The Writing Center as Community Garden

The 2011 NEWCA, held March 12-13 at Southern New Hampshire University in Hooksett, NH, will feature Professor Harry Denny of St. John\’s University as the keynote speaker.

Information about NEWCA 2011, including registration and lodging details, is available at the NEWCA website.

Individuals unable to attend NEWCA may follow the events through twitter (http://bitly.com/dGNxIN) or FaceBook (http://on.fb.me/eB32WY).

Third International Writing and Critical Thinking Conference: Crossing the Great Divide: Critical Thinking and Writing in the Major

Nov. 19-20, 2010
The College of Arts and Sciences at Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

This conference will investigate the linkages between critical thinking, usually associated with general education, and thinking within the majors—the disciplinary thinking students must master before they graduate.

We are calling this movement from general education to study within the major \”crossing the great divide\” because students often find that what they are asked to master in their major differs in focus and complexity from the critical thinking pedagogies that most general education curricula require of undergraduates.

Guest Speaker

Sally Mitchell (Coordinator of the Thinking Writing Program at Queen Mary University in London) will draw on data from her ongoing research as she considers the usefulness of highly general terms such as \”argument\” and \”critical thinking\” for students attempting to enter disciplinary conversations.

Registration