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discussing a student who has faked proof of a writing center visit for extra credit

■ "We Also Ofer Online Services at Interpellation.edu": Althusserian Hails and Online Writing Centers Alan Benson ■ Situated Design for Multiliteracy Centers: A Rhetorical Approach to Visual Design Sohui Lee ■ Back to the Center: University of North Carolina Greensboro's Digital ACT Studio Lindsay Sabatino ■ Yes...And With Me: Mutuality and Improvisation as Methods for Consultant Development Kerri Bright Flinchbaugh ■ Training Speech Center Consultants: Moving Forward with a Backward Glance Linda Hobgood ■ Promoting Independence: Conducting Efcient Sessions with Learning-Disabled Students Ory Alexander Owen

From Praxis: "Writing centers are feeling the effects of budget reductions across higher education nationwide. Like other student services that don't offer credits or produce revenue, writing centers are particularly vulnerable to budget cuts. Community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities across the country are asking writing centers to make hard choices- choices that will affect consultant hiring, pay, and benefits as well as hours of operation, services, technological resources, and administration."

resources on setting boundaries with students who talk about personal issues during a session

discussing students who have standing weekly appointments with designated consultants

discussing how to avoid requiring students to pay tuition to take a tutor training course

a discussion of the number of tutors on staff in relation to the overall student body

"Writing Across Borders" is a video resulting from a 3-year research project, the purpose of which is "to help faculty writing assistants, and other professionals work more productively with international students in writing environments." The video can be used for tutor training and costs $14.95, plua $6 shipping, and can be ordered from the Oregon State University bookstore. 

requests for evaluation techniques and for information on teaching strategies, conference announcements, example forms for evaluation of writing centers by both faculty and students, mailing list

discussion of student fees used for funding WCs see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=21201331 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=21892331

a discussion of the difficulty of assessing the effect of writing center intervention when considered among other variables (instructor, class dynamics, student health, etc.)

a discussion of writing centers authorized or required to provide plagiarism training for students found guilty of academic integrity violations see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19343360 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24521347 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24521402

a discussion of strategies employed to increase student knowledge/use of the center see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24530464

discussing how to support high school students enrolled in college classes and a request for related research: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24553476

discussing how to effectively manage students who ask for help a few hours before a paper is due

discussing appropriate terms to describe students whose first language is not English continues here: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24563554 continues here: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24564435

discussion the problems associated with suggesting that students ask their instructors for extensions

discussing offering tutoring services for students working on CVs

see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19080185

discussion of scholarship related to marginalia (i.e. tutors writing on student papers); also covers policies re: marginalia