Henry, I would love to respond to your survey. But I have no connection to the writing centre. And the politics are such here that if I sent them the survey they would see me as that nosy, officious person from the English Department. I wonder how many other people are in the same boat. Have you contacted Kathy McManus or her associates about your survey. The reason I ask is that a few years ago Kathy started up a writing centre network--including a newsletter. She might still have her original files with the precise contact names. I suspect that by phoning specific people--many of whom (alas) are not connected to Inkshed--and then faxing them the survey you might get better results. I strongly suspect that the INkshed network only accesses the "high" end of writing centres. By "high" I mean those that have perceived status in their universities and that have connections that allow them to think of themselves as part of a discipline. I will gladly send you the names of the people who run the centre at Waterloo. But I think you will get better results if you contact them yourself. Also your insufficient (numerically) responses indicate part of the problem--data itself. Cathy