Re: Another reason for needing accreditation

[Paula.Gillespie@marquette.edu]

Kevin, 
Righty-o.

Of course we need to do those things.  

Paula

On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Kevin Davis wrote:

> Paula,
> Wrongo.  
> 
> Accreditation by a writing center organization would not have impressed those
> people who were accrediting the English department.  Accreditation is only as
> good as the organization which does it, and only as accepted as the organization
> is.  Clearly, the accreditors were unfamiliar with writing centers and would,
> therefore, have been equally unfamiliar with writing center organizations.  
> 
> If NWCA thinks their seal of approval is going to carry any weight, then they
> are going to have to do a massive campaign to sell themselves to NCATE, regional
> accrediting organizations, MLA, university administrators, whomever.
> 
> kevin
>