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Respect Our Authoritah: Tutor Authority

A writer sat down for his session and told me that he’d been working in finance for years, and he was only enrolled in the School for…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Research

It Ain’t ‘Bout You: Putting the Writer First

A frantic writer sat in front of me with an assignment due two hours following his appointment. This writer, an ESL student, wanted to fix the grammar…

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The ‘Power of Peerness’ in the College Classroom

What do you think of Teacher’s Assistants, and how are they distinct from peer tutors? In “The ‘Model Tutor’ In the Classroom: But Which Model Works?” from…

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Paper fists: keep the personal out of it

Imagine, if you will, a tutoring appointment. You are reading a writer’s paper and all you can manage to think is “No.” We have all, at least…

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Some GOOD news for writing tutors

GOOD Magazine and the Apollo Group teamed up to produce an infographic based on research into what employers think about the current crop of college graduates entering…

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Boosting Your Writing Center’s Social Media Presence

I’m just going to throw it out there: many organizations that use social media have no real idea what they’re doing with it, or why they’re using…

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Bein’ All Professional and Stuff

Tutoring professional writing can be scary, but it’s hard to say why. Two things seem to happen when I see nervous tutors confronted with a cover letter,…

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Working With the Uncommitted Writer: A Guide to Inspiring Enthusiasm

Like all tutors that I’ve talked to, I get my fair share of uninterested, unenthusiastic and uncommitted writers. They slump in, dragging their feet but somehow also…

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Is minimalism the new black? The Breakroom has your answer

Last weekend, I spent some extra time in the Lincoln Park UCWbL making my big debut on the spotted office carpet; I did notice that it at least…

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How Do You Represent Tutoring on a Résumé?

We writing tutors can all appreciate how difficult it is to explain to outsiders everything that goes into our art.  Plus, it’s one of the ironies of…