[rayiner]

I disagree. If you look at non-technical white collar jobs, they all involve mainly analytical and persuasive writing. It doesn't really matter if you're writing essays picking apart Foucalt, or writing a memorandum explaining why the company should buy this kind of server versus this other kind of server. It's the same skills.

[nitwit005]

But then you'd be able to reduce things down to a relatively short writing curriculum. Many university courses involve writing, but they are not primarily designed to improve students writing.

Some universities force students who are behind in writing to take courses to catch up before they can even enroll in the normal liberal arts classes. You have to be decent at writing before they'll even let you read Foucalt.