Recruiting Across the Curriculum

Leone Scanlon's article Recruiting and Training Tutors for Cross-Disciplinary Writing Programs http://casebuilder.rhet.ualr.edu/wcrp/publications/wcj/wcj6.2/wcj6.2_scanlon.pdf is an argument for recruiting students from a broader pool of disciplines in order to fill the writing center with diverse tutors to equal the diverse students who utilize the services offered. Her main point is that it is wrong to assume that only English majors offer competent writers. The varied and rich experiences of cross-disciplinary students help the center deal with tutoring across the disciplines. Their specific knowledge can be shared with other tutors and everyone can learn from each other in order to better serve clients. If writing is a concern for all areas of study, then the diversity inside the writing center is evidence of that belief.