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Just a note to say that I agree totally with Doug's revision of my thoughts here. On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Doug Brent wrote: > A quick comment on Cathy's note that WAC needs a disciplinary home: > > Not necessarily disciplinary, but *academic*. A disciplinary home almost > always implies English, which is more or less problematic depending on > the attitude of the local English department (and inherently unstable, as > attitudes tend to change). But writing centres located in Student > Services etc. are never going to get serious academic recognition and > have great difficulty offering tenured contracts, supporting research, > etc. A third alternative is to have them directly supported as a > separate academic unit under, say, the Vice-President Academic, or > perhaps as in our case an interdisciplinary faculty. This means that an > English department that suddenly decides that writing isn't its business > (perhaps with good reason) can't do much damage. > > At the University of Lethbridge, the writing centre is now under > "ancilliary services," which gives them exactly the same academic status > as the parking office. Not good. > > * * * * * * > Doug Brent > Director, Undergraduate Programme in Communications Studies > Director, Effective Writing Programme > > Internet: [log in to unmask] > Smail: Faculty of General Studies > 2500 University Drive > University of Calgary > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > T2N 1N4 > Voice: (403) 220-5458 > Fax: (403) 282-6716 >