[CBW_Exec] National BW Survey

[Rebecca Mlynarczyk]

Dear CBW Exec Board Members,

We wanted to let you know that we have sent out the streamlined BW survey
(using Survey Monkey) to colleagues across the country via a variety of
listservs. Over the weekend, we will also post the link on appropriate
websites.

Many of you may already have filled out the test survey last summer, but you
should be able to go back in and edit your responses if you would like.

We're hoping to get a good response rate, and we'd appreciate your help in
encouraging people to complete the survey.

Rebecca and Deborah
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Dear Colleagues,



We realize that the fall term is quickly coming to an end, but we hope that
you will take a few minutes to fill out a short questionnaire about basic
writing at your institution. The current survey is a streamlined version of
an earlier one on CompPile. The new survey is available on Survey Monkey and
contains only 10 questions. You can access the survey at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xHqm3g7tYx7ildvliwJMMg_3d_3d.



Please note that on the last page of the survey, following question 10,
there is a form asking whether you would be available to answer any
follow-up questions via e-mail or phone. Please be sure to click through to
this last page if you would like to be involved in this ongoing research.



The database will provide national information for teachers, researchers,
and program administrators about the history, structures, and practices of
basic writing in the U.S. Its effectiveness, however, depends on how many
surveys are completed.

We urge you to complete the survey to the best of your ability for the basic
writing program or courses at your institution by January 15, 2010.  You or
a colleague can always update the information. We will be reporting on
preliminary survey results at the CBW Workshop on Wednesday, March 17, 2010,
at CCCC in Louisville. Please also encourage colleagues at other
institutions to participate in this national project.



Thank you.



Deborah Mutnick

Director of Writing & Professor of English

Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus



Rebecca Mlynarczyk

Co-Editor *Journal of Basic Writing* & Professor of English

Kingsborough Community College & the Graduate Center, CUNY
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