Our Philosophy The following principles guide the CWCC in its various endeavors: Writing is one important modality of communication along with spoken/aural, visual, kinetic, and technological communication Writing is a mode of learning as well as a way of communicating disciplinary knowledge Writing is discipline-specific: i.e., people write within discourse communities, each with its own audiences, genres, forms, and standards Writing is always a rhetorical act, emerging from a context, addressing an audience, and serving a purpose Learning to write is a life-long process within which the four years of undergraduate study play a crucial role
