Mission

The JCCC Writing Center promotes the college's mission of life-long learning and service to the community by providing an environment for nurturing independent writing; valuing progress, not perfection; emphasizing process, not product.

Benefits

• Leads to improvement of teaching and learning
• Provides a non-stressful service for under-prepared students and returning adults
• Provides access to an important part of the writing process -- draft feedback
• Provides an audience other than teacher or class
• Provides a community of writers/models of good writing
• Provides resources for writing better
• Provides a link to the community through the Grammar Hotline
• Provides computer access
• Provides assessment and evaluation of writing skills