They read drafts and meet with the students, to promote effective revision. It is the Writing Center s main way of reaching out to classes and making a difference in the quality of student writing. In Fall 2000 we are streamlining the program so that it takes fewer steps and less time between draft and revision. Each assignment goes through a cycle that takes a week to ten days from draft to finished paper. The cycle is completed in three steps.
Students submit drafts to the instructor on the due date.
Students revise their papers and submit them to the instructor to be evaluated and graded. One or two significant writing projects must be assigned preferably two, because student work improves significantly in the second paper. Assignments must be in writing and should included criteria for grading. Firm assignment dates must be set by the beginning of the semester. Drafts are due a week to ten days before the revisions.