Writing Policies

What Writing Lab Tutors can do for you:

  • Help you learn how to proofread or edit your writing
  • Work with you on one piece of writing per session
  • Work with you 45 minutes per session
  • Work with you once per day
  • Help you with different drafts of a piece of writing over multiple sessions

 

What Writing Lab Tutors cannot do for you:

  • Help you with take-home essay exams unless you have written permission from your instructor.
  • Help you with writing that has legal or financial implications or is related to an appeal of a university decision
  • Help you with non-coursework


A Note on Proofreading

Tutors will not proofread a student's paper. Proofreading is when tutors simply read and mark up student work without any interaction, and is not helpful since it does not give the student an opportunity to learn and be confident enough to revise and edit his/her own work. Tutors will, however, review students' writing with them, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of the writing and enabling them to effectively edit their own work in the future.

*Based on or exactly following the procedure and policy of successful collegiate Writing Centers.