Jill Gladstein, an associate professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College, has been honored with the National Council of Writing Program Administrators Extraordinary Service Award for her contribution to the National Census of Writing.

The National Census of Writing recently released the results of its ambitious survey on writing centers and programs across the country. This provides administrators, faculty members, and researchers with an open-access view of the national landscape on how writing is taught.

“We were honored to be acknowledged by our peers for our work on this project,” said Gladstein.

The survey is the most comprehensive of its kind with data collected from 900 colleges. No official summary will be published, as researchers view it more as a resource.

“The idea was to create a space where we could gather data, so it could be open access and sustainable so that researchers and administrators could come and use the data in whichever way they like,” said Gladstein.

Read more about the census from Swarthmore College by clicking here.