Many of my seventh-grade students do not arrive at school ready to learn. Their families often face financial hardship and live in cramped quarters, which makes it difficult to focus on homework. The ...

The idea of going to an after-school tutoring center is undoubtedly groan-inducing for most students. But what if they could enter the workspace through a secret door? And what if that secret door ...

At Michigan State University, many programs are offered to teach students not only about educational topics, but also finding their place in the world as emerging adults. One program, specifically, ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

Our workshops introduce you to the craft of writing fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Over the course of a semester, you will learn ways of shaping stories and poems through various exercises ...

The English Department at UMass Lowell provides a rigorous and diverse curriculum for its majors, combining solid disciplinary foundations with opportunities for research, writing, performance, ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

In the MFA program, we recognize that the pursuit of excellence in the arts must be understood in diverse, patient, and supple ways. Some of our graduates (like many writers) will not pursue further ...

At the University of Wyoming, we consider prose a full-time commitment. In fact, we are one of the few universities you will find anywhere that devotes its fully funded MFA program entirely to prose.

Drexel’s low-residency MFA in Creative Writing blends the art of storytelling with real-world engagement and professional development. Rooted in Drexel’s commitment to experiential learning, this ...

With a creative writing minor, you’ll gain essential writing skills that can be applied to almost any career. By adding a minor in creative writing, you'll hone your skills in writing fiction, poetry, ...

As a creative writing major at Bucknell, you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the literary arts and develop your voice, refine your skills and experiment with different genres within a ...