Monday, July 25, 2016
Mellon Foundation Awards Wilson College $100K to Strengthen Writing Instruction
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Wilson College a $100,000 grant to strengthen writing instruction for students, especially those in their first year.
Wilson plans to use the funding to establish the Wilson Writing Academy, a comprehensive system of instruction that will shape students' writing skills and analytical reasoning capacities -- central components of a liberal arts education.
The Mellon Foundation award, which will be distributed over two years, will provide funding for four main initiatives conducted under an umbrella group that will integrate writing instruction across the curriculum...