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The lab is not just for students de ficient in writing. It is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, professors and teaching assistants interested in indi vidualized writing instruction. The Texas A is M English Department of fers the writing lab as a course for the first time this fall. It originated as a pilot program three years ago, said Ray Leighman, director of the writing lab, and is a supplement to beginning composition courses. Student recommendations have contributed much to the program’s success, said Leighman. He added that many students learn of the pro gram through friends who have taken the lab arid found it beneficial in some of their courses. At the end of last summer, 1,500 A&M stu dents had used the* writing lab. The trend across the nation indi cates a writing deficiency among many college students. Many uni versities are offering more writing labs and writing courses; and more students are taking them. While universities such as the University of Wisconsin and the* University of Maine arc just begin ning to require proficiency tests to determine a student s need for writ ing labs, other universities are stressing flic 1 importance of more ad vanced programs. Cornell Univer sity, for example, has created the country’s first deanship for the in creasing student writing problem. In addition, particular attention among many universities has been to make these labs major-oriented as well as career-oriented. Texas A&M has only a small per centage of students who take the lab to meet proficiency test require ments, or are referred by their in structors to improve their writing skills. Fewer than five per cent of the entering freshmen are predicted to need remedial help. The Writing Lab would be bet ter described as a compensatory program, a skills course restricted to complex problems, which are broad in scope and deep in coverage, ” said Leighman, adding that the course is not emphasized as remedial at A&M. Many students have specific writ ing projects to work on during their lab, ranging from creative writing for freshmen to graduate students king on their thesis or disserta tions. The course is also used to train teachers for work in other labs ac ross the country, or to help faculty members with writing problems. Each student’s particular strengths and weaknesses must be evaluated to determine his writing level, said Leighman. Some stu dents must first acquire remedial skills in spelling, organization or mechanics before they can move on to more challenging projects. Directed studies, or individual teachers working with individual students, are a major source of in struction and make up at least 25 per cent of the course. Video equipment and tapes are used for teaching the basics. "The advantage is the program’s flexibility,’ said Dr. Forrest D. Burt, director of freshman English. He said the course offers up to three credits and can be taken several times on a pass/fail basis. Offering the writing lab as a course will provide funds to pay for staff and upkeep of facilities. Cur rently, the course is conducted on a volunteer basis with Leighman as the only permanent staff member. So far the budget has remained under $6,000, less than one dollar for each student enrolled. Leighman said he hopes the En glish Department can offer an ex tensive summer writing lab to fu ture students. Do Something For Your Career: Investigate Learning To Fly With Our Special DISCOVERY - If you want to give ■JIV VfVVVin YRmIv* your career a boost, come m VJkvTal A • • • RDOAJ on out and get the full story _ _ _ _ * of how you can get your Vlll llllf pilot's license through our Cessna Pilot Center Program. 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