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- EIN 45-2846114
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- Minard 318 E36-pob 6050 Dept 2320 C Fargo ND 58108-0000 USA
- wpacouncil.org
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Causes: Education
Mission: The council of writing program administrators is a national association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for (or interests in) directing writing programs. Members include directors of freshman composition, undergraduate writing, wac/wid/cac, and writing centers, as well as department chairs, division heads, deans, and so on. Wpa publishes a journal and newsletter, holds an annual workshop and fosters extensive discussions about college writing and writing programs. Faculty and graduate students with professional interests in writing program administration are cordially invited to join wpa.
Programs: Organizer and sponsor of the wpa conference each year, an academic conference which provides writing program administrators the opportunity to learn and share scholarship and best practices in the teaching of writing and the administration of writing programs.
publication of the wpa journal - academic journal published by cwpa which focuses on issues related to writing program administration. All members receive copies of the journal as benefit of membership.
writing program administrators--graduate organization (wpa-go) works with the wpa to support graduate student wpa preparation and strengthen connections between graduate students and professional wpas by providing the following: (1) award, funding, grants for conference travel and organization service; (2) mentoring with scholar-professionals across various institutions; (3) networking with other graduate students across various institutions; (4) professional development experience in organizational administration and service at the national level.