There is some amount of debate on WCENTER about the combination of IWCA and NCPTW (International Writing Center Association and National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing) Conferences. I think my only concern is that peer tutors would be pushed out of the discussion in favor of director talk. There is nothing wrong with director talk, of course, but if the purpose of a conference is to foster peer tutoring then it should be about that. Directors have other issues to discuss that might preclude any talk about and amongst peer tutors.
Higher Education Writing Centers Gave Up Their Battle Against A.I.
There are no universally decided upon means by which higher education institutions should tackle artificial intelligence in the writing center. Nonetheless, there are a few writing centers that have made their stance on artificial intelligence clear which grants insight into how higher education institutions currently handle and will handle artificial intelligence in writing centers. Either way, higher education writing centers will be forced to evolve as generative artificial intelligences are used by an ever greater proportion of the higher education student population. This presentation with examine the attitudes of university writing centers who have made their attitudes on AI in the writing center public. Those universities include Saginaw Valley State University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Michigan, and Missouri State University. Each institution while not distant in attitude, holds particular ideas on AI in their writing centers. How writin...
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