Writing a college essay is a rite of passage for many students applying to attend a college or university in the United States. Although each institution has its own application requirements, most ...

Practical tips for students who feel stuck at the start of an essay. Learn how to generate ideas, reduce pressure, and build ...

If you still think you can’t write an argumentative essay, think again. Remember the last time you convinced your roommate to get the pizza topping you like. Or that time you ranted on TikTok about ...

In the evolving landscape of digital tools for education and writing, Google Gemini stands out as a remarkable asset for individuals keen on refining their writing skills, particularly essays. This ...

In the world of college composition, we spend a lot of time talking about how to teach writing — with as many opinions on that as there are instructors — but very little time talking about why we ...

What is a college application? At its core, a college application is an attempt to convince a stranger (or group of strangers) that the applicant is a desirable classmate, roommate, campus-mate and ...

Writing is more than a skill, and we risk further declines in literacy if we don't teach it. Artificial intelligence has spawned a new creation, ChatGPT, that can produce well written essays in the ...

Welcome! The primary mission of the SUNY Cortland Composition Program is to engage students in developing transferable writing knowledge, skills, and processes that they will further refine as they ...

Extravagant cars, illicit affairs, eliminating gluten -- I’ve heard these are good ways to cope with a midlife crisis. But I’m an academic. So I chose to go back to school. After a decade teaching ...

Binyavanga Wainaina attacked insulting clichés in the essay, “How to Write About Africa,” in 2005. In a posthumous collection of the same name, his range as a writer is on display. By Anderson Tepper ...