Strong academic writing isn’t just about ideas—it’s about structure. From IMRaD to well-crafted paragraphs, knowing how to organize your paper makes it easier for readers to follow and trust your work ...

Effective academic writing at Hope College should be characterized by eleven key qualities, regardless of paper type (whether lab report, reader response, personal reflection, memo, term paper, ...

Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical, delivering prose that evokes memories of high school and undergraduate laboratory reports. The hallmark of this stereotype is passive ...

AI writing tools are transforming education, boosting efficiency, feedback quality, and personalization, but also raising concerns over academic integrity, critical thinking, and overreliance.

When writing an essay, it’s important to think about which aspects you would like to include in your paper. For example, are there definitions or background information that you’d like to explain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. Those who know me know I always encourage academics to write ...

A recent study finds that literature review skills are a key predictor of academic writing quality among postgraduate students. The ability to synthesize, evaluate, and organize existing research is ...

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of generating polished, grammatically correct text that meets academic standards, educators face a critical challenge: How can we teach students ...

Faculty often struggle to find sustained time and support for scholarly writing. But the barriers many face—competing responsibilities, uneven service burdens, caregiving demands and inefficient ...

Writing assignments at the university level often require an academic voice. There are certain aspects of academic voice that are more formal than every day, conversational speech. Typically, academic ...

Students complete a First-Year Writing Seminar Selection process prior to matriculation, in order to determine which of several environments will provide the best seminar experience for them. (This ...

Located in Stokes 418S, the Writing Center offers one-to-one, 50-minute peer consultations to Boston College undergraduates looking for help with their writing. We work with written assignments from ...