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See below On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, Roberta Lee wrote: > Catherine--Thanks for your message and observations--most helpful. > Two Writing Lab instructors--Mark Henderson and I--are not only > tutoring in the Lab(we see about 1/5 of the student body a year,for > multiple visits)but also meeting with profs about ways of using > writing, etc. In March we are planning a short workshop on responding > to student writing and have just received funds to put on our first > two-day retreat-workshop(probably in May). > The administration is currently reviewing our positions and the > logistics of WAC. > Question: How important is it that WI courses have limited > enrolment? Several profs of big intro classes are doing good things > with ungraded writing, short essays, etc. But right now we have too > many courses marked WI and the label is rather meaningless. > Roberta > WI courses need either limited enrolments or support for faculty. Support can come in various ways--perhaps a 1/3 course credit for the instructor; perhaps peer tutors available; whatever works. But if the workload gets too heavy for instructors -- especially in these times of overwork, they will either swiftly or slowly drop the writing component.