The ACT is a nearly three-hour exam with four sections — English, math, reading and science — plus an optional writing section that adds 40 minutes, if you elect to take it. The reading section ...

With the year-end fast approaching, many organizations are diligently wrapping up their strategic planning for the upcoming year. While crafting a robust strategy is commendable, Harvard Business ...

Rhetoric and writing studies students find employment in a variety of fields, including web authoring, copywriting, speech writing, technical writing, grant writing, science writing, journalism, ...

In 1995, Jay Heinrichs published a piece in Harvard Magazine titled “How Harvard Destroyed Rhetoric.” The article criticized Harvard’s undergraduate curriculum, which “doesn’t offer a single course in ...

Who will win the presidential debates? What does each candidate’s use of words say about how he would govern as president? Can Obama’s rhetorical skills lift him to the heights of Lincoln, FDR, and ...

Joan Leach receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is President of Australian Science Communicators and affiliated with the Association for Rhetoric of Science and Technology. We ...

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic Party candidate for president, has rhetorical skills that reach undecided voters more effectively than Republican candidate Sen. John McCain, according to a professor ...