Open AccessConnecting the Dots
Author(s) -
Ginger Gilhooly
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of college orientation and transition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-4535
pISSN - 1534-2263
DOI - 10.24926/jcotr.v28i3.3595
Subject(s) - tutor , writing center , grammar , sociolinguistics , pedagogy , work (physics) , face (sociological concept) , population , focus (optics) , center (category theory) , psychology , public relations , medical education , sociology , political science , linguistics , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , social science , demography , physics , chemistry , optics , crystallography
A chief difficulty administrators may face is supporting students as they strive to meet the challenges of academic writing. This literature review calls for a more robust focus on how writing center administrators can design tutor training for effective orientation, transition, and retention among the student population. Through identifying issues of access, sociolinguistics, and grammar instruction, this paper urges writing center directors and administrators to come alongside OTR professionals in their difficult, yet rewarding, work.