ABSTRACT
As educators, many of us start a writing center because we like the concept, have been given the task, or see this as a higher goal for ourselves, our students, our colleagues, and even our institution. Some begin with a budget that has been given to us, and a staffwe have inher.. ited for a variety of reasons. But, what ifwe, as do many businesses, had an opportunity to cre .. ate a strategic plan for a new writing center? While taking a doctoral course on Human Resources Development in 1991, I created the first of two three ..year strategic plans for a new writing center. Why create such a strategic plan? All writing center directors, whether new or experienced, can benefit from considering their own vision for the future of their writing cen.. ters and communicating that vision to their administrators in a language that they can com.. prehend through a strategic plan.
