University of Richmond2017 Institution Survey
Writing centers--General description
Does your institution have a writing center or learning center with writing tutors?
Yes
Is the writing center free-standing or part of another institutional unit?
Free-standing
Where is the writing center located? Note: From this point on writing center refers to both free-standing and those located within another unit.
Library
What other methods of assessment does the writing center utilize?
Annual Assessment
In addition to providing support for students writing for their courses, what services does the writing center offer? Check all that apply.
Assistance with writing in a language other than English
Assistance for English Language Learners
Asssistance for faculty on syllabus or curriculum development
Writing centers--Consultations
What type of appointments does the writing center offer?
scheduled face-to-face appts
drop-in face-to-face appts
online feedback via e-mail
What is the average length of a consultation or tutorial session offered?
50 minutes
What percentage of the undergraduate student body had a writing center consultation during the 2016-17 academic year?
25
Writing centers--Consultants
How many consultants worked in the writing center during the 2016-17 academic year? UG=undergraduates, GS=graduate students, Fac=faculty, PT=professional tutors, Vol=volunteers
UG-60
On average, what percentage of a week's consultations are staffed by each group? For example, if your center offers 100 hours of consultations a week and 50 hours are filled by undergraduates and 25 hours by both graduate students and professional tutors, then the percentage would be 50% undergraduate, 25% graduate students, and 25% professional tutors.
UG-100
What on-going professional development opportunities are provided undergraduate consultants?
Attend regional conferences
Outside speakers
Meeting with Director
What on-going professional development opportunities are provided faculty consultants?
Meeting with Director
Writing centers--Administration
Who has primary responsibility for directing the writing center or overseeing the writing tutors if the tutors are part of a different institutional unit?
One person administers all sites of writing on campus
In addition to the person who has primary responsibility, how many undergraduates, graduate students, staff members, or faculty members have administrative responsibilities for the writing center?
1
Writing centers--Changes
Since the academic year 2012/13 have there been changes to the writing center at your institution (not including staffing)?
Yes
Since the academic year 2012/13 have there been changes to the staffing or administration of the writing center at your institution?
No
Feel free to explain these upcoming changes.
A report to our General Education Committee about our first-year seminar shows broad dissatisfaction with the quality of student writing as well as the ability of faculty from across the curriculum to teach it in FYS. I anticipate the creation of a new model with some sort of new academic writing class in the first semester of the first year. We are also moving slowly toward a Learning Commons model that will bring together all our centers--Speech, Academic Skills, Writing, Tech Learning Center--on one floor in the library.
Writing Fellows (Embedded Writing Tutors)--General information
Does your institution have a writing fellows program? (See glossary for definitions)
Yes
Writing Fellows (Embedded Writing Tutors)--Staffing
Do the writing fellows work both as fellows and in the writing center?
Students work both as writing fellows and writing center tutors.
Do the writing fellows regularly attend the class they are assigned to work with?
No