Why We Resist "Leading the Horse": Required Tutoring, RAD Research, and Our Writing Center Ideals

Jaclyn Wells

doi:10.7771/2832-9414.1802

Writing Center Journal 2016 web Open Access

Why We Resist "Leading the Horse": Required Tutoring, RAD Research, and Our Writing Center Ideals

Jaclyn Wells

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Writing center practitioners have long debated the efficacy of mandatory tutoring. In her seminal article on required tutoring, Irene Lurkis Three decades later, a recent conversation on the WCenter listserv shows that the dilemma is far from resolved. The conversation began with the following email:

Journal: Writing Center Journal
Published: 2016
DOI: 10.7771/2832-9414.1802
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