Shares observations about the philosophy and services secondary level writing centers can provide. Suggests secondary writing centers provide miniclinics, study skills information, opportunities for instructors to work with the center staff, and effective writing to learn activities. Suggests that writing center personnel become involved in…

Outlines the benefits of writing center-writing across the curriculum programs in high schools. Notes the value of inservice workshops and collaboration. (SR)

Considers the "marginality" of the situation of writing centers and their directors. Explores a possible reinvention for writing centers' history and mentality, with the help of concepts from anthropology. Finds that the writing center is not a space, a pedagogy, or an academic department; it crosses all disciplines. Surveys cultural…

Describes two models of interaction between the writing center and entire classes (required attendance and tutor assignments) which led to practical, pedagogical, and philosophical problems. Describes a peer group critique model which overcomes such problems and helps large numbers of students learn the value of discussing ideas and drafts with…

Describes the implementation of a writing across the curriculum program at one university's writing center. Discusses solutions to counter the strains placed on the center by this additional program. (MM)

Argues that writing centers can unintentionally emphasize writing-for-evaluation at the expense of writing-for-learning. Proposes that writing centers help students write productive journal entries; coach students in freewriting; appeal directly to students in writing-for-learning courses; and sponsor ongoing faculty education in…

The location of a university writing center is not as important as whether the faculty responsible for the center have a clear picture of how they would like the center to be viewed by the students. A campus writing center should be the hub of all academic writing across the campus. For one instructor, the first lab he developed at a small college…

Based on the conviction that word processing can be used to support the key elements in process writing, writing across the curriculum, cooperative learning, and literature-based instruction, this collection of 90 short articles offers a diversity of ideas to help build an enriched student-, language-, and world-centered curriculum. The book is…