Re: WE WANT INFORMATION!

[Rob Russell <russellr@Access.ETSU.Edu>]

Jeff --

My school, East Tennessee State University, is roughly the same size 
(about 12-13,000 students) and of the same general ilk: mid-size 
regional state universities.

1. We have a "formal" WAC program, part of our General Education 
Program, with students required to take so many classes in the core 
and in their major which are designated "writing-intensive" (we also 
have Oral Communicaiton and Technology Across-the-Curricum programs).

2. The Director of our WAC program is a faculty member who gets 
released from 2 classes each semester to coordinate the program 
(still, most of his work is done over the summer w/faculty 
workshops, etc. and it takes up much more time than two courses ever 
would). Currently, it is a member of our English Department -- he is 
the only WAC coordinator we've had, and helped create and institute 
the program. There is some talk of moving the coordinator's position 
to another faculty member, not necessarily in the English Department, 
at some point in the future, but nothing is definite.

3. As Director of the Writing and Communication Center, I work closely 
with the WAC and OCI coordinators, especially in terms of 
instructional support workshops and faculty development, but I have 
no administrative responsibilities in either program.

Hope some of this helps! Good luck.

Rob



> Date:          Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:37:03 -0500
> From:          Jeff Wiemelt <jwiemelt@selu.edu>
> Subject:       WE WANT INFORMATION!
> To:            wcenter@TTACS.TTU.EDU
> Reply-to:      wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu

> HELP! 
> 
> The big suits here are demanding to know BY WEDNESDAY roughly what percent
> of universities nationally have formal WAC programs. I haven't the
> foggiest, other than to say "Well, a whole bunch of them." Can anyone help?
> Do you have the info at hand, or can you point me to a source?
> 
> While I'm on my knees, pleading, let me also ask for more. We're a deep
> South, regional state school of 15,000. Can anyone offer a breakdown for
> comparable schools? And any idea what percent of WAC directors are also
> Writing Center directors?
> 
> Send your replies off-list, if you like. Now I'll get busy trying to find
> this info on my own. Thanks.
> 
> Jeff Wiemelt
> Southeastern Louisiana University
> 
> 
_______________________________________________
Robert A. Russell
Director, Writing and Communication Center
East Tennessee State University
Box 70602
Johnson City, TN  37614
Phone:  (423) 439-8438
russellr@access.etsu-tn.edu
http://www.etsu.edu/wcc

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