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Henry, did I miss something? I'll respond to the survey, but I don't have it. Please send...I'll do it when I get back from holidays, unless you can send it today, and I'll do it tonight. Leslie On Aug 4, 9:40am, Henry Hubert wrote: > Subject: Writing Center Survey > Fellow CASLLers: > > Our administration at the University College of the Cariboo has asked for > a survey of post-secondary writing centers across Canada. A number of us > hope that this is the beginning of a move to get a writing center here at > UCC. We already have a room and two computers--but no permanent staffing. > In the last few years we've relied on a few faithful peer tutors and minor > English department input, but that structure needs changing. > Now we need your input in the form of responses to a survey. > > When I've mentioned the survey to some of you, you've welcomed the idea for > your own information too. If you want a copy of our results, please > indicate that in response to #19. > > Susan Bell, the UCC research assistant for this project, has done a lot > of background reading and is now prepared to work on your input. You > may respond directly on the CASLL listserv simply by "reply"--ing, or > you may send a private response to Susan at > > [log in to unmask] > > (You may also send side notes to me--praise or blame, but don't expect > a quick response, since I'm hoping to get away for a week.) > > If you have supporting printed information (reports, brochures, other > written descriptions), please send that to Susan as well: > > Susan Bell > Writing Center Research Assistant > Room AE 355 > University College of the Cariboo > P.O. Box 3010 > Kamloops, B. C. > V2C 5N3 > > > > If the term "writing center" doesn't fit your situation well, please explain > why not in your response to #2. > > Here is our questionnaire: > > > 1.) What is the enrollment size of your school? > 2.) Do you have a student support service that could be classified as a > writing center? > 3.) How would you (generally) define your writing assistance facility? > 4.) What is the philosophy of your writing center? Does it have a > mission statement and defined policy? > 5.) Is the writing center staff involved in developing tutoring > programs, workshops, and resources? > 6.) What proportion of the student population does the writing center > serve: certain programs or departments; all students; faculty? > 7.) Where does the writing center fit into the administrative structure > of your institution? > 8.) How is the writing center staffed? > 9.) Where is the writing center physically located? > 10.) What facilities, equipment, and resources does the writing center offer? > 11.) How many hours per day is the writing center open? > 12.) What is the usage per semester? > 13.) How is the writing center funded? > 14.) How is the writing center service evaluated? > 15.) What kind of promotion/public relations activities do you use to > raise awareness of the writing center's services? > 16.) What helped you most in establishing your writing center? > 17.) What caused you the most grief in establishing your writing center? > 18.) Who are other contacts we should question--probably persons not on the > CASLL listserv but vitally interested in writing centers in Canada? > 19.) Would you like a copy of our survey results? (If so, please provide > an address, both smail and e-mail.) > 20.) Any final comments? > > > Thanks for your help. > > Henry Hubert > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry A. Hubert | [log in to unmask] > Department of English and Modern Languages . > University College of the Cariboo | Ph. 604-828-5236 > P.O. Box 3010 . FAX 604-371-5697 > Kamloops, B. C. | > V2C 5N3 . > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- End of excerpt from Henry Hubert -- Leslie Sanders Coordinator, Atkinson Writing Programmes 706 Atkinson College Humanities/English York University (416)736-5208 [log in to unmask]