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St. Cloud State University has a certification program in Writing Center Administration. Open to writing center administrators with a bachelor's degree. Pairs well with an undergraduate or graduate degree in English or a graduate or doctoral degree in Higher Education Administration. The program is 10 credits. All courses are available online.

Rocky Mountains Writing Centers Association, home page. Has directories of high school and higher education writing centers, the RMWCA governance documents, and multiple newsletters, plus a listserv.

The blog of the Miller Writing Center at Auburn University. includes entries about the tutors and advice on writing

Auburn University's writing center blog

A variety of writing resources, both print and video links, provided by Keuka College's Accelerated Studies for Adults (ASAP) program.

Collection of resources for middle and high school writing centers, including books and articles to read, journals, online resources, and websites for secondary school writing centers

Michigan State U. Writing Center's "Quick Guide" podcasts on preparing for your appt.; how to have the best writing center appt.; how to write a paper; what you can do in 30 minutes

"We are the Undergraduate Writing Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville! We assist undergraduate writers at all stages of the writing process, from getting started to editing and proofreading. Our Culture of Writing blog is a space for Writing Consultants, the UWC Director, and occasional guest authors to blog about writing and the writing center life at TAMUK."

Texas A&M--Kingsville Writing Center's blog, "Culture of Writing" 

This study examined the perspectives of both tutors at university writing centers and the Non-Native English Speaking (NNES) students who use the centers. Using qualitative methods, this study looked at perceptions of the academic writing needs of the NNES students, along with characteristics of tutoring sessions which made the sessions successful in the eyes of tutors and students. The study used interviews, observations, a survey, and artifacts to look at these topics and then compared the perceptions of tutors and students. Additionally, the study compared writing centers at two universities, one of which employs an ESL specialist, in order to learn if employing this specialist affects success for the tutors and NNES students. Results indicate that student and tutor perceptions of student needs were similar in that they expressed consistent need for grammar assistance and help with low-order concerns (LOCs). Sessions at both universities were successful, according to tutors and students, if sessions focused on these grammar and LOC needs. Employing an ESL specialist did not affect the perceptions of students or tutors nor did it seem to effect the success of sessions for either students or tutors.

This video gives a general overview of the Writing Center at Frankfurt International School mission what assignments the tutors work with, how to make an appointment with the Writing Center, and what resources the Writing Center offers.

Kaplan University Academic Support Center Facutty Blog, entries about writing, writing center pedagogy, tutoring, etc. Has a search box to find various topics.

a discussion of distinctions between writing center tutoring and tutoring (English, writing, reading) that is offered by Learning Centers, Academic Skills Centers, etc.

Discusses research findings that writing center users procrastinate less on their writing, and that writing centers can be particularly helpful for student who have a high procrastination tendency.

The website for the Graduate School Writing Center at the University of Maryland.Includes resources and information about supporting graduate student writing needs.

Publication Information: Harris, Muriel. (2015). Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference. WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies: http://wac.colostate.edu/books/harris/. Originally Published in Print, 1986, by National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Illinois. This groundbreaking book offers advice for teachers new to conferencing, experienced teachers seeking to refine or expand their approaches to conferencing, and tutors working in writing centers. Since it was published in 1986, it has become one of the most widely cited books on conferencing. Harris offers a theoretical framework for conference teaching, descriptions of activities typical of and central to writing conferences, advice on diagnostic strategies for individualized instruction, and instructional strategies. Discussions in the book borrow from a wide range of fields, including counseling and therapy, cognitive science, anthropology, and education. In appendices, she includes a set of teaching materials that can be useful in tutor and teacher training.

International Writing Centers Associaition website, list of publications.

An example of the University of Montana Writing Center's Annual Report (2014-2015 academic year). The purpose of this report is to showcase for administrators the scope of our work as well as make visible a handful of the Writing Center's programs that reach across the curriculum. Authored by Kelly Webster, Director of the Writing Center.

Via CompPile: "This review-essay of Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch's Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments focuses on virtual peer review (VPR) and its place in composition pedagogy. Breuch's two main points of interest are what is gained by immersing students in online learning, and what could the composition community lose during the transition. In six chapters, Breuch discusses these ideas respectively: 1) how to distinguish the differences between VPR and face-to-face peer review through the use of remediation, specifically with reference to three characteristics of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC): time, space and interaction; 2) how these dimensions play out in virtual communication and instruction; 3) a more focused analysis of the 'tension' that arises when peer review is placed in the virtual world; 4) the challenges of the ownership of ideas in VPR; 5) other concerns raised about VPR; and 6) how VP can be used in the classroom and other writing contexts, the university Writing Center being one example. [Jennifer Maness] "

This video promotes Western Illinois University's Writing Center by demonstrating that the Writing Center is a place where tutors collaborate with students to teach them about writing.

This commercial was made to promote Cedarville University's Writing Center during an event at the university called "Late Night with the Student Government Association." The commercial parodies ways in which the Writing Center can assist students with writing.

Baruch College's Writing Center has curated collections of handouts on various topics (writing process, analysis and argument, structure and organization, grammar, etc.). A large collection of handouts drawn from many colleges and universities.