Qualrus, developed by Ed Brent (Univ Missouri, Columbia) using an NSF grant, analyses students writing – -in this case sociology courses. This ZDNet article desribe the software, provides info about its creator and its use. The software is being made available for institutions to use with a nominal license fee…
The web site for the software is http://www.qualrus.com/Qualrus.shtml.
Tim, you may find this of interest for your faculty!
Update: April 9: BBC picked up the story too..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4425423.stm…
Michelle, I can think a dozen of faculties here in Arts would benefit from this product. Will hook them up after the crazy Finals. Thanks for the information!