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Gardner, Clinton and Tiffany Rousculp. “Open Doors: The Community College Writing Center.” The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. 135-145.

Gardner and Rousculp argue that a mission of community outreach should be included in the mission of a community college writing center. They outline some of the major challenges to a CC WC, such as ethos of being “only the first two years,” a student population that doesn’t stay around more than 2 years, overworked faculty, etc. But, then suggests that small steps and free promotion can allow for the CC to work in the community all the same. Ultimately, since the goal of a CC is to educate, not to research, it is a prime location for community outreach because it becomes a true partnership rather than a one-sided imbalance of power. Using the collaborative ethics of writing center work will provide an excellent foundation for this type of partnership, along with the ethical considerations of current service-learning scholarship.

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