Semi-ambidextrous Nicholas Cronquist rebelled against third-grade cursive lessons. “I remember I hated it and I told my teacher I thought it was dumb,” he says. Cronquist, now 26, eventually learned ...

In 1992, the poet and senior lecturer emeritus Robert Farnsworth established a concentration in creative writing, offering a path of study specifically for English majors interested in practicing the ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misstated Steve Graham’s affiliation. He is a professor at Arizona State University. If you want a hint of the gap between students’ writing skills and ...