in the Middle East, South Africa, and the Far East. Writing centers are not exclusively a post-secondary phenomenon. Some high schools have successfully created writing centers similar to the model in higher education. Some writing centers provide services for the non-academic community, such as peer-tutoring for out-of-school writers and workshops on a wide variety of topics. Some even have sites off-campus entirely, where they are sometimes identified as community writing centers. See also Communication studies Composition studies Rhetoric Student affairs Writing center assessment References External links Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA) European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW) European Writing Centers Association International Writing Centers Association Mid-West Writing Centers Association Northeast Writing Center Association Northern California Writing Centers Association Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association South-Central Writing Centers Association Southeastern Writing Centers Association Southern California Writing Centers Association Writing Center Journal Academia Composition (language) University and college departments