Writing centers play a key role in universities’ internationalization efforts. In this 2018 piece from the blog archives, Dr. Tomoyo Okuda identifies three main imperatives that have contributed to the initiation of writing centers worldwide. We invite you to read this piece in tandem with Dr. Fan Fang’s piece “English Writing Centers as Part of Educational Reform in China,” which provides an overview of the rise of writing centers in Chinese universities.

Here is Tomoyo Okuda’s essay: “Internationalization, Massification, and the Knowledge Economy: A comparison of International Writing Center Trends”