Operation and Funding

KHM: Can you talk about the Multiliteracy Center in its current operation and how you got the initial funding to create it at the University of Michigan?

DS: The Multiliteracy Center right now is a relatively small operation for the University of Michigan. We we have about 125 to 150 sessions per semester, which is not some huge number. It is certainly much smaller than our traditional peer tutor program and is a smaller number than other similar support units on campus. Nevertheless, having said that, it felt like a huge endeavor to me, as one of the people who was intensely involved with trying to get this off the ground.

Among the whole spectrum of things that we had to deal with was that we had to get the initial funding. We got the start-up money through an internal grant, which came from money that was set aside based on a fee that is charged to students which is earmarked for technology at the University.

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