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A Continued Writing Check or CWC is McKendree's way of making sure every student leaves McKendree with ample and effective writing skills that will help any student in any profession. They are not meant to be deterrents to a student's overall education; they are simply one-on-one writing instruction using the student's actual classwork. Students would come in for a required weekly half-hour session until both the writing consultant, WRC Director/Assistant Director, and student feel as if the student has shown progress in the writing essentials of grammar, usage, style, and citation.

To assess whether a student requires a CWC, use our CWC tiers guide.

If you have any questions about CWCs or Referrals, please contact the Writing Center

A referral is voluntary for a student, but is encouragement from an instructor to strengthen writing skills. Students would receive a letter by school mail to schedule an appointment with the Writing Center to work on whatever the instructor feels the student needs more instruction in or anything related to writing and research in which the student would like to improve.