Last year, I taught expository writing to freshmen at a nearby university. (The name of the school isn’t relevant here; this article reflects my own views on teaching writing, not the university’s.) ...

The most common form of writing in college communication classes is expository writing. It is meant to expose something by explaining how it works, what it is or how someone would use it.

But given the complexity of the problem, a twice-weekly college expository writing class is unlikely to produce significant improvements, no matter how skilled and dedicated the instructor. While The ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Barry Nelson has won the 2024 Saul Gass Expository Writing Award, given by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).. Nelson, Walter P.