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New Writing Teacher Webinar

Webinar Title

Why Can't Suzie Write?

Designing a Writing Program for the At-Risk Student

Webinar Description

With almost half of all students entering college needing remediation to bring them up to college level reading and writing, many colleges are struggling to support at-risk students.

Dona Young, author of Writing from the Core and Which Comes First, the Comma or the Pause?, will describe the five steps that make a difference in designing a writing program for at-risk students. This webinar will help you structure your remediation programs around proven techniques.

Why Can't Suzie Write is being hosted by Farimah Schuerman of The Writing Teacher and is sponsored by College Starter skills remediation from LearningExpress, LLC and the Wimba Collaboration Suite.

Webinar Date:

Thursday, September 24, 2:00 Eastern Daylight Time

To Register:

http://www.wimba.com/company/events/1714

Cost:

None

Webinar on SIIA Postsecondary Market Report

Farimah Schuerman, Matt Villano, and I recently completed the SIIA Postsecondary Market Report, and Farimah and I will be participating in a free webcast on the report's highlights on Wednesday, June 17 at 2:00 PM EDT.

The executive summary of the report is available here: Download SIIAPostsecondaryExecOverview.pdf (180.6K).

The report itself is over 100 pages and includes the following chapters:

1. The Changing Characteristics of Postsecondary Institutions
2. Growth and Rising Enrollments
3. Changing Characteristics of the Student Population
4. Rising Financial Pressures
5. Technology Spending and Budgeting
6. Instructional Technology Spending and Online Learning
7. Other Institutional Technology Spending
8. Student Technology Habits
9. Future Challenges and Opportunities

The full report is free for SIIA members, and is also available for purchase from the SIIA for $189.00 here.

The webinar is free for anyone and you can register here.