Lately, it seems that a discussion du jour for online teachers’ Listservs, blogs, and conference presentations focuses on just how much emphasis non-writing instructors should place on teaching at least the rudiments of good writing. Viewed for years as the nearly sole responsibility of English and writing departments, recent private and public surveys of employers where writing is listed as one of the weakest skills employees bring to the workforce has forced a new emphasis on writing across the curriculum in college.