DESCRIPTORS

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) developed around the understanding that writing is a developmental, incremental procedure that is intimately linked to thinking. Two major branches in the WAC movement are the write-to-learn focus, or the push to incorporate writing tasks solely as strategies for teaching and learning course material, and the use of writing-in-the-disciplines courses to improve students ' writing and communication skills. WAC is important at two-year colleges because of the varied nature of their mission: They seek to prepare students for further study, but also offer associate degrees in arts'and sciences and certificate programs that prepare students for the world of work. Research estimates that 607. of new jobs will require solid reading and writing skills, but only one in four employees will have them. In planning a WAC program, it is important that the program: (1) be a grassroots effort started by interested faculty; (2) tie program goals to the college's missio