Topic for introduction:  The Growth of Faculty Professionalism 

500-700 words

Drafting the introduction to the paper will help you crystallize the main focus and purpose of your selected topic. While the key elements that go into an introduction are listed below, writing a good one involves a bit more.

Effective introductions present background information about the topic, often including support for the topic’s relevance and a topic sentence that tells the reader the paper’s focus. 

Write and submit an introduction to your course paper that includes the following:

• The main purpose or objective of the paper.
• Reasons that your topic is important to the field of higher education.
• Background on the topic to provide a context for understanding the content of the paper.
• An overview of the content that will be covered in the paper.

Summarizes the content that will be included in the paper clearly and logically.

Demonstrates an academic writing style through well-organized prose that is free of significant grammatical and mechanical errors and that follows assignment guidelines.

Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using current APA style with error-free citations.