WcORD: The WLN Writing Center Online Resource Database

how can tutors deal with plagiarism without becoming the "plagiarism police"?

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discussing names that encompass all services

balancing training requirements when a staff is made up of both paid and unpaid (one-credit practicum) students

discussing pros and cons of rotating a directorship through writing program faculty

archives of the Journal of Writing Research; open access articles available as PDFs

From Neal Lerner's July 2011 message to WCenter: Folks, the latest issue (July 2011) of the Journal of Writing Research includes a very impressive study by James Williams and Seiji Takaku of the relationship between college students' self-efficacy, help-seeking behaviors, writing center visits, and writing performance. Here's a link to a pdf of the study: http://www.jowr.org/articles/vol3_1/JoWR_2011_vol3_nr1_Williams_Takaku.pdf Here's a snippet to take to your dean: "The analysis showed that those students who frequently obtained writing center tutoring received higher grades in composition than those who did not, regardless of their ESL or native-English-speaker status. The frequency of writing center tutoring seemed to be especially valuable for the ESL students, who outperform their domestic cohorts, receiving significantly higher grades in composition."

discussing tools that help students assess their own skills and needs

discusses oldest continuously operating WCs in the United States

crowdsourcing a list of resources on WCs and student learning/retention; research on cost-effectiveness; individual reports from directors that demonstrate value of WCs see also a discussion on writing centers and grade improvement: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=18268126

working with students who don't know composition vocabulary/terminology