Writing Lab Annual Reports
The Writing Lab's annual report contains information and statistics about On-Campus Writing Lab and Online Writing Lab use, clients, special projects, and research in a given academic year.
A brief snapshot of the current year's report is below, but you can also download the complete 2021-2022 annual report as a PDF. Copies of past reports and annual English as a Second Language (ESL) reports can also be found below.
2021-2022 Summary
The Purdue Writing Lab’s annual report for the 2021-2022 academic year provides a summary of the services, research, engagement, staffing, and users for the Lab. The OWL and its staff, faculty, and graduate and undergraduate writing consultants served the Purdue West Lafayette campus virtually and on-campus. During the 2021- 22 academic year, 5,756 visits were made by 1,192 clients. Approximately 55.91 percent of total visits were from international students representing over 36 countries. The Purdue OWL website saw 181,748,252 pageviews worldwide from 42,770,807 unique users. The OWL also continued to assess and update its services for multilingual writers, support for faculty across the disciplines, and outreach to all university writers.
Previous Years' Annual Reports
- 2020-2021 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2019-2020 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2018-2019 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2017-2018 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2016-2017 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2015-2016 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2014-2015 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2013-2014 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2012-2013 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2011-2012 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2010-2011 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2009-2010 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2008-2009 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2007-2008 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2006-2007 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2005-2006 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2004-2005 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2003-2004 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2002-2003 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2001-2002 Annual Report (PDF)
- 2000-2001 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1999-2000 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1998-1999 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1997-1998 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1996-1997 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1995-1996 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1994-1995 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1993-1994 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1992-1993 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1991-1992 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1990-1991 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1989-1990 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1988-1989 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1987-1988 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1986-1987 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1985-1986 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1984-1985 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1983-1984 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1982-1983 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1981-1982 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1980-1981 Annual Report (PDF)
- 1979-1980 Annual Report (PDF)
- Summer 1993 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1992 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1991 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1989 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1988 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1987 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1986 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1985 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1983 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1982 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1981 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1980 Report (PDF)
- Summer 1979 Report (PDF)
- Spring 1979 Report (PDF)
- Spring 1978 Report (PDF)
- Fall 1979 Report (PDF)
- Fall 1978 Report (PDF)
- Spring 1977 Report (PDF)
- Fall 1977 Report (PDF)
- Spring 1976 Report (PDF)
- Fall 1976 Report (PDF)
- Fall 1975 Report (PDF)
ESL & Online Writing Lab (OWL) Reports
ESL Reports
- 2016-2017 ESL Report (PDF)
- 2015-2016 ESL Report (PDF)
- 2014-2015 ESL Report (PDF)
- 2013-2014 ESL Report (PDF)
- 2012-2013 ESL Report (PDF)
OWL Reports